On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 02:57:44PM -0500, Glenn Maynard wrote:
I think you're not a DD, so shut up is about the weakest argument
possible
It's just one of the classical fallacies (specifically argumentum ad
hominem, stock in trade for some people around Debian). There's no
real shortage of
Glenn Maynard wrote:
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 08:50:42PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
[ I do love the way you just snipped the rhetoric I was following up
to... ]
*yawn* That's a nice line in rhetoric you have there. The DFSG is the
standard that DDs have agreed should be the basis for
On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 08:03:16PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 08:50:42PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
[ I do love the way you just snipped the rhetoric I was following up
to... ]
That's nice. It's an old quote, and people can follow back the thread
if they need
Glenn Maynard wrote:
On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 08:03:16PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
FFS, that's not what I was saying. You need to be a DD to propose or
vote on updates to the DFSG. You're clearly not a DD (nor in the NM
queue), therefore you couldn't do either. You could change that if you
Glenn Maynard wrote:
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 02:08:30PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
Thanks for the props, however. I continue to believe that a DFSG analysis
is the *beginning* of a process of understanding whether something is free
software or not, not a substitute for the whole thing.
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 08:50:42PM +, Steve McIntyre wrote:
*yawn* That's a nice line in rhetoric you have there. The DFSG is the
standard that DDs have agreed should be the basis for deciding on the
Freeness of Software. If you want to extend it, you know what to
So you're saying that the
Your papers are not in order, citizen...
On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:04:25PM -0700, Joel Aelwyn wrote:
All in all, I think that Branden's fifth freedom[1] is important, and
should come into play here. Privacy in one's person includes fundamental
[...]
[1]
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 02:08:30PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
Your papers are not in order, citizen...
On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:04:25PM -0700, Joel Aelwyn wrote:
All in all, I think that Branden's fifth freedom[1] is important, and
should come into play here. Privacy in one's person
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