Re: [DotGNU]PHILOSOPHY file

[Matthew C. Tedder]

Yes..  Many who GPL their code are not necessarilly
agreeing fully with the Free Software Movement but
rather just the GPL, technically.  

However, software that is directly owned by the
Free Software Foundation or a Free Software team 
that does subscribe to the Free Software Movement's
Philosophy in whole, should probably have such a file.

--Matthew



> Rhys Weatherley wrote:
> > This is something that should be produced by the DotGNU
> > Steering Committee (not the CVS committers), with input
> > from the community, and placed in a prominent place where
> > people can find it when they first come in contact with
> > DotGNU.  i.e. the Web site.
> 
> I half agree and half disagree.
> 
> This much I agree: The form of a PHILOSOPHY file should be handled by
> debate and Core group involvement: sent in, sent back, queried, revised,
> reiterated, proofread, and perfected, and finally buried in soft peat
> for six months and recycled as butane Bics before it goes into anyone's
> CVS tree. At that point it should be considered one of those LOCKED in
> files. Not subject to change by submitters.
> 
> Question is: If the Core Group made one, and the membership submitted it
> to debate and decided it expressed the appropriate views; would you (as
> a developer) be willing to put it in your distribution of P.net? I'd
> probably say yes if this question were asked of FrePort, but then: I
> like the idea. It's a good marketting tool.
> 
> > Why?  Well, because no matter what contents are placed
> > in the file, it is likely to be contentious.  I can easily envison
> > dozens of CVS commits a week as the discussion wavers back
> > and forth.  And it needs to be kept up to date in multiple
> > places: pnet, pnetlib, VRS, and IDsec for starters.
> 
> I'd say, put such a document in both places - website and in each
> program distributed. Why? Simple. The more places such a document can be
> seen, and with the fewest steps required to retreive it; the more likely
> it is to be openned and read.
> 
> John Le'Brecage.
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