On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 10:04:31AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > To roast a hoary chestnut, I've not yet seen a good argument why we'd want > the RFCs to be relicensed as DFSG-free, apart from the "so it can go into > Debian main". Modifying an RFC and re-releasing it is not a good thing, but > the DFSG says it is
I suppose this is opportunity to say that this begs the question. :) Being able to modify an RFC and re-release it is absolutely a good thing. Why should I have to start from scratch when writing a new spec that resembles an older one? Why shouldn't I be able to reuse parts of other RFCs? The only possible problem is if someone releases a modified RFC and doesn't mark it appropriately, but that's easily solved (require a name change). I've yet to see a good argument why RFCs shouldn't be free. -- Glenn Maynard
