Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well now, this strikes me as a problem.... from a political science=20 > perspective (my undergrad degree). Debian-legal, a self-appointed group of=
You have written self-appointed. That is incorrect. debian-legal is not a delegated or appointed post. Self-selected, perhaps? > various legal, political, an philosophical stripes, is making substantive=20 > policy decisions based on thin air? [...] U.S. Courts, love of 'em or ha= > te=20 > 'em, base everything they do two sources: 1) previous decisions, 2) decisio= > ns=20 > made by elected officials or their appointees. Debian-legal seems to have= > adopted #1, but failing #2 it chooses instead to insert its own opinion. =20 > Which brings us back to the self-selected nature of the group. Debian-legal is closer to an advisory board than a court. If you compare it to a court, you are going to find very large differences, but that isn't surprising. > I don't want to be the wacko who just goes off on a long standing system th= > at,=20 > all things considered, seem to be working pretty well... but I also know=20 > that our the new DPL has made it pretty clear that he wants Debian=20 > institutions to be looked at to make sure they are actually doing the=20 > Project's work. Perhaps this is the time to seriously consider how=20 > debian-legal functions and on what sort of basis it makes decisions. debian-legal makes no decisions itself. I think you should research a little more about how debian-legal works and where it fits into debian policy before making misleading comparisons and calls "to seriously consider" things. I don't think it's particularly well-documented, but it ought to be, at least to dispel some of the sustained FUDders. The previously-linked FAQ and personal sites of some contributors can give an insight beyond the official docs. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]