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Sven Vermeulen posted <20040909122534.GA8423@g.o>, excerpted below, |
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on Thu, 09 Sep 2004 14:25:35 +0200: |
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> http://dev.gentoo.org/~swift/contract.html |
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> I've changed the wording in the draft to read: |
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> Gentoo is the collection of: |
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> * free knowledge such as documentation and metadata about |
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> concepts/domains relevant to operating systems and their components, |
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> contributed by various developers to the Gentoo project |
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> * free software developed by various Gentoo developers and |
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> contributed to the Gentoo project |
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> Is this an improvement? |
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Answers my objection, definitely. |
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I did notice the contrasted wording between the two clauses, |
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* free knowledge... contributed by /various/ /developers/.. |
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* free software... developed by /various/ /Gentoo/ /developers/.. |
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Was the omission of the word /Gentoo/ in the first case intentional? More |
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precisely, is there a policy difference between documentation/metadata, |
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and software, such that contributions are accepted from a wider pool |
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(lacking the Gentoo specifier in various developers) in the case of the |
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former, as contrasted with the latter? |
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This is admittedly on the level of nit-picking, here. I just saw the |
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parallel in the wording and wondered why the /Gentoo/ specifier was |
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included in the second case but not the first. Unless there's a policy |
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difference (and I can see where there could be, documentation/metadata |
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doesn't quite have the security implications of executable code, after |
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all), I'd expect them to be parallel. I'm just not familiar enough yet |
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with Gentoo policy to know if that difference is deliberate or not, and |
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reading it, that's the question that came to my mind. |
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In any case, it's certainly better to my way of thinking than the former, |
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as the question of scope of claim is addressed, now. As well, you did it |
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in fewer words than my proposal. Concise is good (and not one of my |
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strongest points)! =:^) |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little |
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temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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