Re: Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-12 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
it originally meant. Why shouldn't people be able to touch up the language to match modern forms? For example, what you read as written by Shakespeare now often doesn't match what he wrote exactly. Derived works just take the idea further, in that you change the meaning also. You jus

Re: Amendment to GR on GFDL, and the changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-09 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
; else. This usually ends badly for all concerned. We have no courts, so what's the alternative? If we get a super-majority of developers to say a majority is enough, we're home. If a majority of developers say a majority is enough, what does that mean? Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/

Re: For those who care about the GR

2006-01-22 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
r documentation only. :) It seems that some people see the vote as meaning 1 and others want meaning 2. The latter would seems to require changing the SC, the former wouldn't. -- Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/