On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 04:36:02 +0200 Denis wrote:
> Ricardo also seems to have perceived the Recommendation as
> authoritarian ("ban") and subjective ("arbitrary rules and personal
> interpretations of these rules").
FWIW, i have absolutely no problem with a strict and authoritative rules - i
can simply take those or leave them at face value; precisely because they can
not be taken subjectively - but i have a huge problem with weak subjective
guidelines - distros could simply accept the FSDG trophy, then go off and
guide themselves, strongly/weakly, subjectively/objectively, its all the same
if the shared guidelines are weak and subjective
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 04:36:02 +0200 Denis wrote:
> In distributions with many maintainers and without clear leadership,
> recommendations like that might also lead to different interpretation
> across different maintainers.
or to splinter their community by forking a new distro, is another danger - it
is not clear if that is ever a good idea - eg: is debian plus devuan a benefit
to the debian community overall, or did it actually harm overall? -
unity/solidarity is quite important for a small community
the FSF should be our primary leadership for the most fundamental shared
concerns (eg: "is bass libre?", "is nmap libre?", and so on) - anything
optional or subjective should default to the distros - that separation avoids
_all_ controversy
