On 6 Mar 2006, Anthony Towns said: > Either way, I propose the following, call for a vote on it, and vote > in favour: > > WHEREAS > > 1. The committee has been asked by Robert Millan, the submitter of > Bug#353278 and a former developer, to overrule the decision by the > maintainer of the ndiswrapper package, Andres Salomon, to include > that package in the main component of the archive, and for it to be > moved to the contrib component; and > > 2. The committee is empowered under section 6.1(4) of the > constitution to > overrule a maintainer by a 3:1 majority vote, and empowered under section > 6.1(1) to decide on any matter of technical policy; and > > 3. The purpose of the ndiswrapper package is to provide an ABI > layer > on top of the Linux kernel that is compatible with the interface for > Windows NDIS drivers, and that in order to provide this compatability > layer, no non-free software is required; and > > 4. The primary use for this compatability layer is to run non-free > Windows drivers for hardware not directly supported by Linux, though > a very limited number of free drivers using the NDIS format also > exist; and > > 5. The technical policy in this matter states that: (debian-policy > 3.6.2.2, section 2.2.1) > > [...] packages in _main_ > * must not require a package outside of _main_ for compilation or > execution > > and: (debian-policy 3.6.2.2, section 2.2.2) > > Examples of packages which would be included in _contrib_ are: > * free packages which require _contrib_, _non-free_ packages or > packages which are not in our archive at all for compilation or > execution, and > * wrapper packages or other sorts of free accessories for non-free > programs. > > THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THAT > > 6. It is appropriate for the committee to consider this request; > and > > 7. The current ndiswrapper package does not require any non-free > software at either compilation time or installation time to fulfill > its designated purpose; and > > 8. As such the ndiswrapper package complies with current technical > policy as regards to its suitability for main; and > > 9. If the ndiswrapper package come to depend on non-free software > at > compilation time or installation time, such as by prompting the user > for a Windows driver CD, at that time the ndiswrapper package would > be required to be moved to contrib. > > IN ADDITION > > 10. The committee endorses the decisions of the maintainer of > ndiswrapper > and the ftpmaster team in including the package in the main component > as being in compliance with Debian technical policy; and > > 11. The committee endorses the existing policy on the suitability of > packages > for the main and contrib components; and > > 12. The committee offers its thanks to Robert Millan for raising the > issue; to Wouter Verhelst and others for their input on the topic; > and to Andres Salomon for his ongoing efforts in maintaining the > ndiswrapper packages. > I vote in favour of this motion.
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