On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 01:31, Frank Mittelbach wrote: > Branden Robinson writes: > > Perhaps the LaTeX community should appoint a spokesman to the Debian > > Project so that we do not get contradictory statements about what is > > acceptable? > > Branden, pardon me, but i think this is funny. seems that you think the LaTeX > community needs as spokesman which is the very thing that I think debian > needs.
I'm curious. From my perspective, the Debian people seem not to have been contradicting themselves so far; I certainly cannot point out anything that I would disagree with. Do you perceive differently? I'm not trying to make a point, either; if you see us as contradicting each other, it's likely that we're not communicating our points effectively enough. > as far as this discussion goes a lot of people (some of which with > @debian.org) have contributed in one way or another, are they all spokesmans > for debian? if so I probably give up that this discussion as it feels > pointless and impossible to reach any conclusion. if not then please tell us > who is spokesman for debian (eg you and or Jeff)? Speaking for myself, I would gladly defer to Branden if it were deemed necessary for further progress. > as for spokesmen of the LaTeX community i can't give you any as the community > has members and they have opinions and express them for which I am grateful > even if i don't agree with them always (just as i grateful if members of > debian contribute) The same is true, I think, of Debian. One possible important difference: there is, I would imagine, a much higher degree of consensus about the Debian Social Contract and DFSG within Debian than I expect there is in the LaTeX user community over licensing principles. We debate these issues on a regular basis - very loudly, in some cases. I think it's safe to say that the LaTeX Project probably doesn't have quite as much of an investment into legal inquiries. :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
