Re: [rms@gnu.org: Free Software Needs Free Documentation]
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:
> [Everybody following a different standard would make standards
> pointless.]
Yes, of course everybody will agree with you there.
But isn't innovation important? If I come up with a new modified
standard, and prominently plaster big warnings all over it that this
isn't the original standard, why shouldn't I be allowed to distribute
it? Why shouldn't I be allowed to distribute patches so that programs
follow this new standard? What if my idea is a good one and the
standards body see it and incorporates it into the next standard?
Is innovation of standards only allowed to come from the specified
standards committee itself?
> There is always a loss of information when translation
> occurs.
Manoj, you certainly don't allow anybody to get away with even the
tiniest of generalities. Of course there is a loss of information
when translation occurs. But surely you're not saying that
translations are bad?
Guy
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