On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:25:49 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 10:30:33AM +0200, Bas Zoetekouw wrote: >> You wrote: >> > 3. supports the decision of the Release Team to require >> > works such as images, video, and fonts to be licensed >> > in compliance with the DFSG without requiring source >> > code for these works under DFSG #2; and >> > 4. determines that for the purposes of DFSG #2, device >> > firmware shall also not be considered a program. >> Would it be possible to vote on these two issues seperately? > It would certainly be possible, but I don't see any value in voting > on the first of these points on its own because I think the release > team is already doing the right thing and doesn't need a GR to > confirm it. It's only the latter point that's a question in my > mind, so if someone wants to vote on the former point alone they'd > need to propose their own GR. > N.B., I would object to having any ballot options on the same GR > that consist of this same draft with point #4 stricken, because > assuming rational voters I would expect the voters who approve of > that option to be a strict superset of those who approve of my > proposal, and I would call on the Project Secretary to exercise his > authority to keep these two proposals on separate ballots to avoid > prejudicing the outcome in favor of a "watered down" option. Speaking with my secretary hat on, it seems to me that options 3 and 4 are somewhat orthogonal -- inasmuch that it appears eminently reasonable for someone to have differing opinions on these two options. So people may approve of 3, and disapprove of 4: and this makes me think that they do not belong on the same ballot, since they are unrelated wrt to voting (though obviously addressing related areas) manoj -- A woman is like your shadow; follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows. Chamfort Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]