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FSF is creating a problem that never existed!FSF is creating a problem that never existed!Posted Oct 2, 2006 15:00 UTC (Mon) by sepreece (subscriber, #19270)In reply to: FSF is creating a problem that never existed! by laf0rge Parent article: Busy busy busybox
In practical terms the GPLv3 process has been very open to input, but there is no evidence that it is open to change of substance. Since the actual decision process is out-of-sight, and since RMS gets the final say, it's hard to describe this as a fully open process.
Note, however, that I have no reason to believe that the issues of substance (like anti-DRM) are things on which a more open decision process would make any changes. I'm prepared to believe that the FSF core membership shares RMS's position on the necessity of those changes.
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FSF is creating a problem that never existed! Posted Oct 2, 2006 18:05 UTC (Mon) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501) [Link] There is one ample difference between the GPLv3 process and free software development:
If Linus gets a major thing wrong, he puts on his brown paper bag, fixes the problem, and releases a new version. If a tiny-little bug was found, it would probably wait for the next release.
In this case there is no "next release". All bugs need to be found in the current release (GPLv3). Or they'll remain for practically forever.
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