Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field.

[Alex Kost]

Leo Famulari (2016-08-13 16:18 +0300) wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 03:00:42PM +0200, David Craven wrote:
>> Can you please explain why you don't feel competent? It's written in plain
>> English, not AES encrypted English, so I have difficulty understanding
>> why people think they can't read it and form an opinion about it (not this
>> issue in particular, but more general any issue that comes up), and I don't
>> just mean you either, but a few people have said this...
>
> Personally, after having read it the first time, I wouldn't have
> expected web browsers to be excluded from a free distribution due to
> their recommendation of non-free "add-ons". I don't disagree with this
> interpretation; it simply would not have occurred to me. It requires
> some imagination and some time thinking about the issues and the
> particularities of the software we use.
>
> So, I think the language of the text and its interpretation are actually
> not obvious. And in this case, the point of the patch in question can be
> achieved by another method, so I personally didn't want to spend time
> interpreting the FSDG when I could spend it on something else.

Oof, thanks for this message!  I have a similar point.  I always find it
hard to read and understand such (long and boring) guidelines, licenses,
etc.  I realize they are important, but I just don't like to spend my
time on them.

TBH I stopped reading after "These guidelines are not complete" phrase :-)

-- 
Alex