[META] a plea

[Chris DiBona]

I gotta say, I don't mind Brian saying "hey let's stay on topic" but
why for cripes sake do we need rules and accepted topics? Sheeze. Will
the overseer allow me to ask this?

Chris

On 9/11/07, Mick Semb Wever <mick at wever.org> wrote:
> > For that matter we need prominant and official guidelines as to what the
> > list is about.  At the moment, there is *nothing* on the OSI site which
> > circumscribes accepted topics on this list.  Furthermore if you request
> > a list faq, again there is none.
> >
> > No guidelines and a list named "license-discuss."  Why are people
> > surprised that people use the list to discuss licenses in a free-form
> > manner?
>
> I couldn't agree more and i'm, it appears, one to blame for posting on
> the wrong list.
>
> I came to the list through gmane's nntp gateway. I did not find any
> webpage associated to the list and the list's description did not give so
> much information. Furthermore my post received a number of very helpful
> answers, with not a single post informing me i was on the wrong list.
>
> Better guidelines would be great, but letting new posters immediately
> know they've mis-understood the list's intention will help as well.
>
> Sorry, for what it's worth, for posting on the list.
> ~mck
>
>


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