Re: Charter for GNU Herds (draft) -- capitalisation is inconsistent

[Davi Leal]

Added [task]: http://savannah.nongnu.org/task/?8187


> Jay Hammond wrote:
> > There is evidence that capitalisation is inconsistent. So much so,
> > that I can't easily guess when there should be capitals and when not.
> > In a legal document, a word with an initial capital is expected to
> > have a special meaning compared to the lower-case version.  Such
> > documents often have an early clause spelling out special meanings.
> > Otherwise they are introduced on first use.
>
> * "Code of Ethics" not defined yet, and maybe will never defined but it
>    is usual in charters. Maybe we should define it or remove it from
>    the charter.
>
> * Maybe we should replace:
>       Free Software
>   by:
>       free software
>
> * "Committee" is introduced:
>     "The Committee shall consist of the following: the members..."
>
> * "Ethics Officer" is introduced:
>     "The Ethics Officer will be appointed by..."
>
> * Maybe we should replace:
>       Association
>   by:
>       association
>
> * "Free Software Foundation" is IMHO a well known term though maybe
>   we should introduce it or at least add a HTTP link to it?
>   Same for "the GNU Project".
>
> * Maybe we should replace:
>       An _Office_ term will be 4 years.
>   by:
>       An _office_ term will be 4 years.
>
> * "Special Interest Group" is introduced:
>     "Groups will be formed at the discretion of..."
>
> * "Charter" is what is being defined in the Charter. I am not sure if
>   it should be replaced by "charter".
>
>
> What do you think?