On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 01:43:34PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 08:53:59AM -0600, Ben Burton wrote: > > > > All the debate on this yes/no issue I am finding somewhat astounding.. did > > Branden not make his position quite clear? > > > > > Peter Makholm has sussed out what I meant by this. I just want to see > > > resolution of the issue via a democratic process. > > > > He can't answer yes or no because he will take action to remove non-free > > iff > > the developer body votes for it. What he promises is a referendum and > > action > > according to the result; how can you get clearer than that? > > > > (Hmmm.. then again, that's what Howard said about the Australian republic.. > > *grin*) > > I think the question Craig is trying to convey is "are you in favor of > removing non-free?", which is a yes or no question. Branden has not > stated whether he is in favor of this or not. If he were DPL, his opinion > could sway favor towards one side or the other, even if he can't > directly change the outcome.
I've said more on this issue, even recently, than people seem to recall: *** SNIP *** Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 14:05:58 -0500 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailing-List: <debian-vote@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/1684 On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 06:46:01PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > 1. what is your stance(*) on some of the recent controversial topics aka > flame-wars within debian? > 2. what action, if any, do you intend to take on these issues? > > - non-free archives? This issue is so controversial that I don't think it can be handled without a General Resolution. The DPL can issue a GR at any time without having to get it seconded, but I would not do so on this issue. I continue to be of two minds about John Goerzen's proposal of many months ago. My main concern during the whole process was that I felt, whether on purpose or by accident, the GR system was operating in such a way as to prevent certain points of view from appearing on the ballot. But, I'm sure you want a committed viewpoint one way or the other. If put in the position of making a casting vote to decide the issue, yeah, I probably would vote to get the non-free archives off of official project machines. I am, however, uncomfortable with the idea of *completely* yanking the rug out from underneath it. It needs a BTS, etc. On the bright side, our current BTS is cracking under the weight and is going to need to be re-architected soon anyway. So the time is likely getting ripe for experimentation with the BTS for reasons totally unrelated to some non-free split. *** SNIP *** -- G. Branden Robinson | If you have the slightest bit of Debian GNU/Linux | intellectual integrity you cannot [EMAIL PROTECTED] | support the government. http://www.debian.org/~branden/ | -- anonymous
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