[Dev] [libreplanet-discuss] [consensus][due: 2016-06-13]: New version for Parabola Social Contract

[Luke Shumaker]

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 11:43:04 -0400,
Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote:
> Well, unless I was really blind, I couldn't see the original sender
> (Luke Shumaker?) saying anything about "FOSS".

I didn't start the thread, but it was my email that André was directly
replying to in the first email that went to libreplanet-discuss.

> It's funny fact that there is a GNU package/software called Arch, so
> making a distinction as to which "Arch" the contract talks about is a
> good thing.

I was thinking about GNU Arch too, but it didn't make it into my email :)

> [Insisting that all everything be Free Culture] actually makes most
> free software projects ineligible for inclusion on system
> distributions that follow the current Definition of Free Cultural
> Works, since following this definition results in questions of
> whether that file is the preferred form of modification or the
> complete corresponding source.

Not to mention that sometimes the the "culture" stuff is just
straight-up not Free Culture.  Take for example, the several essays by
RMS that are included with Emacs.  I think that stripping those out
would be insane.

We'd also probably run into the same issue as Debian with considering
some GNU manuals non-free.  I absolutely oppose anything that would
require us to not ship GNU manuals.

-- 
Happy hacking,
~ Luke Shumaker