Ok folks-it's been rather amusing to see Truth's Decay curve at work.<br><br>Akin to a Star Trek plot where the "words' were Elided and rote parroted absent a true perception of their INTENT!<br><br>There was a night to paraphrase details - where someone was getting deeper into a hole arguing with Mr Combs about Ethereal. IIRC what it could and could not do.
<br>The summary of what I only saw/heard a fraction of was that a guest at our "Breakfast" was proclaiming himself- and -not- Mr Combs - as the area's top Ethereal expert... now a glance at -<br><br><a href="http://www.wireshark.org/about.html">
http://www.wireshark.org/about.html</a><br><br>Sort of sets the stage for what I do next.<br><br><a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html</a><br><br>Is the De Minimus obligation we should insert in public discourse RE: GPL issues.
<br>Some may not know of it.<br>Others would profit from READING it.<br>Before flames ensue -let's all review the concepts that begat this.<br><br>There was a flap over "Standards Groups"<br><br>It polarized the affected alignments.
<br><br>WE began comment. <br><br>Sadly we ourselves began to become THEM.<br><br>We forgot to refer to sources!<br>And even my well intentioned attempt seems pre-doomed for reasons best seen in hindsight..<br><br>I tried to express that the "Standards Group" was an assault upon the literal spirit of consensus.
<br>Seems I failed.<br><br>Maybe we need to revisit the RFC model?<br><br>