>On Tue, 05 Mar 2002 14:09:23 0000 Pier Fumagalli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. >"Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >A lot of "what we think and why" is on the web already... It's in the mail >archives, in the presentations to different conferences, and so on... The >word is out there, you just need to know where to look for... >
Right, obviously he sees a need for a more collected page. *shrug* I just told him *submit one* -- My personal opinion is that while a prominent page (fear of GNU backlash side) explaining the license would be helpful or just a prominant link to the O'Reilly article, I don't really see the need for GPL vs APL. A page that had that title would be more reflective of the GNU position on the subject. There is quite a bit of confusion on the license, I don't think a prominant page on it would be so controversial. I consider the statement "you just need to know where to look for" to be a symptom of improper information organization. Such things should be *easy* to find. Initiation into our community(ies?) has a higher barrier than I prefer, you can never have too much or too well organized documentation. (this is not to say that those who don't even read the web page before emailling committers "gee is POI written in Java" won't still be challenged...and thats a good thing, but that those who are just simple minded programmers like me looking for a place to code or who want to know "do I have to donate my hello-world app based on" to look. > Pier > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
