On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 17:32 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote: [...] > The standards made by POSIX, ISO and freedesktop.org are suggestions. > They carry some weight because users typically appreciate > compatibility with standards. But that's not the only thing users > appreciate, so a standard is not a command for us to obey.
In some cases and environments, standards may also be mandated by governments and legal systems, or by contracts, and then do need to be followed with especial care. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list