Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Debian Project Secretary [Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:12:50 -0600]: > >> Since this requires a modification of a foundation document, >> the amendment requires a 3:1 majority. > > I don't see why this _physical modification_ is necessary. I can admit > that the secretary says "this amendment overrules the social contract, > since it talks about putting non-free things in main, so it requires a > 3:1 majority"; but if the amendment passes, and so the GR issues a > statement that some GFDL documents will remain in main, I don't think > explicit wording is needed _in_ the SC, at all.
I disagree - either the interpretation of the SC allows GFDL'ed documents without invariant (et al) sections, then we don't need a 3:1 majority, or it doesn't - then we have to change it if we want to keep our promises. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)