On Fri, May 01 2009, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 01 May 2009, Luk Claes wrote: >> A position statement is a decided on proposal that clarifies the >> position of the Debian project, but does not explicitly amend a >> foundation document. > > [...] > >> So I don't really see what we should vote on unless someone >> disagrees with above interpretations? > > The only question resides with the effect of passing such position > statements. Without modifying foundation documents or the > constitution, they are effectively non-binding advisory statements > when operating within areas that are the remit of foundation documents > or the constitution.
> Developers can ignore (or follow) such statements as they wish. If the statements are in contradiction of the foundation document (which is the case in a couple of prior situations), then are you saying that anything in the foundation documents can ve worked around by putting out a position statement, and have the developers proceed to ignore the foundation document on that basis? That also begs the question: do we _have_ to follow the foundation documents? Or can one just issue a statement "I do not agree with the foundation doc" and just ignore it at will? if that is not the case, what value does a position statement in contradiction of a foundation document mean? Can I just set a position statement that redefines all the owrds used in a foundation doc to promote my "interpretation" of the foundation doc, as long as the majority of the people voting rate it over FD? How binding _are_ the foundation documents? manoj free === does not cost more than USD 1000300.73 distribute == transport over trains between sunday noon and monday morning 8:00am" Guidelines === something that must be followed in the ides of march -- Actors will happen in the best-regulated families. Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org