On Iau, 2006-05-18 at 22:04 -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: > The "Linux Standards Base" is a plan to develop a specification for > the GNU system. Not, in this case, for the GNU/Linux combination,
No Richard, it is not. The Linux Standards Base produces specification documents. The implementation of that document is a matter for the developer and correctly defined that may be done by GNU or non-GNU software. LSB today includes non-Linux companies implementing Linux compatibility for applications this way, and not all will use GNU code. The "Linux" in LSB is today arguably wrong, but for different reasons to those you assume. > If we want to develop specs for the GNU system, let's organize it > under the auspices of GNU. I have good relations with some KDE > developers. We can set it up. There are many things that could be done usefully this way. The LSB is oriented to vendors and business and "non-viral" licenses. It provides no mechanism to standardise interfaces built with or upon GPL libraries for example. Much could be done productively I am sure. Alan _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
