Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Content Format

[Mike Warren]

"Hook" <address@hidden> writes:
> Mike Warren wrote:

> > If people would like to make use of converters on their Word
> > documents before submission, that's fine. If you're seriously
> > advocating that the GNE actually store Word documents, then I
> > can't agree. I also don't think we should accept Word documents as
> > a submission format.

> Then I think that the project has just cut an enormous number of
> potential authors out of the project.

I disagree.

> [..] I think it's arrogance to tell the world that they're not
> allowed to use the most common word processing tool in the world to
> submit articles.

The can use whatever editing software they like. They just can't send
us articles in a non-free format.

> This smacks of religion rather than sense.

Free software does include a large philosophical component, if that's
what you mean be ``religion''.

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