Re: Poll results: User views on the FDL issue

From: Brian Nelson (pyro_at_debian.org)
Date: 04/20/05

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    On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 01:26:52PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
    [...]
    > The preamble of the survey was terrible, in my opinion. I found
    > it in the mail log, but not in the results posted here or on
    > the poll results text file. I consider it incorrect on several
    > key points and it states a lot of the surveyor's beliefs. For a
    > self-selecting listener opinion poll (SLOP), this seems likely
    > to influence which listeners respond. Additionally, it should
    > have contained some details about what happens to responses,
    > especially how and when the results would be published.

    It was intended to be a very short introduction to the issues (which
    turned out to be really hard to write since each issue is complicated)
    to make sure they at least had a vague idea what the poll was about. I
    did encourage them to read Manoj's draft statement.

    Nonetheless, I think it was still too long and probably contributed to
    the low turnout.

    > [...]
    > > 5. Is Debian making a big deal out of a minor issue? Should Debian be
    > > focusing more on creating a usable operating system and less on worrying
    > > about licensing issues?
    >
    > This question is very troublesome. It's actually two different
    > questions and rather biased wording. The original post of it
    > was missing a word, too. I don't think it's safe to give much
    > weight to the answers. If a respondant read this question
    > before answering any (as they can with an emailed survey),
    > it may have biased all their answers even further. :-(

    The intention was to see if people were voting based on a perceived
    overreaction by Debian to licensing issues in general, or perhaps a
    frustration with the release cycle (e.g. we're wasting time on other
    things when we should be releasing). Think of it as a
    knee-jerk-o-meter.

    Given that only 60% voted "Yes", and a few of those clarified that only
    this particular licensing issue was overblown, that indicates to me many
    had not given knee-jerk responses and had given some consideration to
    the GFDL before answering. 

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