Thanks Kurt, this text looks good to me! On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 10:57:32PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: >Hi, > >This is the draft ballot. > > Voting period starts 2022-09-18 00:00:00 UTC > Votes must be received by 2022-10-01 23:59:59 UTC > >This vote is being conducted as required by the Debian Constitution. >You may see the constitution at https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution. >For voting questions or problems contact secret...@debian.org. > >The details of the general resolution can be found at: >https://www.debian.org/vote/2022/vote_003 > >Also, note that you can get a fresh ballot any time before the end of the >vote by sending a signed mail to > bal...@vote.debian.org >with the subject "gr_non_free_firmware". > >To vote you need to be a Debian Developer. > > >HOW TO VOTE > >First, read the full text of the options. > >You might also want to read discussions at >https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/ > >To cast a vote, it is necessary to send this ballot filled out to a >dedicated e-mail address, in a signed message, as described below. The >dedicated email address this ballot should be sent to is: > > gr_non_free_firmw...@vote.debian.org > >The form you need to fill out is contained bellow in this message, marked >with two lines containing the characters '-=-=-=-=-=-'. Do not erase >anything between those lines, and do not change the choice names. > >There are 7 choices in the form, which you may rank with numbers between 1 >and 7. In the brackets next to your preferred choice, place a 1. Place a 2 >in the brackets next to your next choice. Continue until you reach your >last choice. Do not enter a number smaller than 1 or larger than 7. > >You may skip numbers, leave some choices unranked, and rank options >equally. Unranked choices are considered equally the least desired >choices, and ranked below all ranked choices. > >To vote "no, no matter what", rank "None of the above" as more desirable >than the unacceptable choices, or you may rank the "None of the above" >choice and leave choices you consider unacceptable blank. (Note: if the >"None of the above" choice is unranked, then it is equal to all other >unranked choices, if any -- no special consideration is given to the >"None of the above" choice by the voting software). > >Finally, mail the filled out ballot to: >gr_non_free_firmw...@vote.debian.org. > >Don't worry about spacing of the columns or any quote characters (">") >that your reply inserts. > >NOTE: The vote must be GPG signed (or PGP signed) with your key that is >in the Debian keyring. You may, if you wish, choose to send a signed, >encrypted ballot: use the vote key appended below for encryption. > >The voting software (Devotee) accepts mail that either contains only an >unmangled OpenPGP message (RFC 2440 compliant), or a PGP/MIME mail >(RFC 3156 compliant). To avoid problems I suggest you use PGP/MIME. > >VOTING SECRECY > >This is a secret vote. After the voting period there will be a record >of all the votes without the name of the voter. It will instead contain >a cryptographic hash. You will receive a secret after you have voted >that can be used to calculate that hash. This allows you to verify >that your vote is in the list. This secret is sent in an encrypted >mail. > >VOTING FORM > >- - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >575929bb-88aa-449d-8174-12e5ca850cd6 >[ ] Choice 1: Only one installer, including non-free firmware >[ ] Choice 2: Recommend installer containing non-free firmware >[ ] Choice 3: Provide installers with and without non-free firmware >[ ] Choice 4: Installer with non-free software is not part of Debian >[ ] Choice 5: Change SC for non-free firmware in installer, one installer >[ ] Choice 6: Change SC for non-free firmware in installer, keep both >installers >[ ] Choice 7: None Of The Above >- - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >The responses to a valid vote shall be signed by the vote key created for >this vote. The public key for the vote, signed by the Project secretary, >is appended below. > >BALLOT OPTIONS > >Choice 1: Only one installer, including non-free firmware >========================================================= > >We will include non-free firmware packages from the "non-free-firmware" >section of the Debian archive on our official media (installer images and >live images). The included firmware binaries will *normally* be enabled by >default where the system determines that they are required, but where >possible we will include ways for users to disable this at boot (boot menu >option, kernel command line etc.). > >When the installer/live system is running we will provide information to >the user about what firmware has been loaded (both free and non-free), and >we will *also* store that information on the target system such that users >will be able to find it later. Where non-free firmware is found to be >necessary, the target system will also be configured to use the >non-free-firmware component by default in the apt sources.list file. Our >users should receive security updates and important fixes to firmware >binaries just like any other installed software. > >We will publish these images as official Debian media, replacing the >current media sets that do not include non-free firmware packages. > >Choice 2: Recommend installer containing non-free firmware >========================================================== > >We will include non-free firmware packages from the "non-free-firmware" >section of the Debian archive on our official media (installer images and >live images). The included firmware binaries will *normally* be enabled by >default where the system determines that they are required, but where >possible we will include ways for users to disable this at boot (boot menu >option, kernel command line etc.). > >When the installer/live system is running we will provide information to >the user about what firmware has been loaded (both free and non-free), and >we will *also* store that information on the target system such that users >will be able to find it later. Where non-free firmware is found to be >necessary, the target system will also be configured to use the >non-free-firmware component by default in the apt sources.list file. Our >users should receive security updates and important fixes to firmware >binaries just like any other installed software. > >While we will publish these images as official Debian media, they will not >replace the current media sets that do not include non-free firmware >packages, but offered alongside. Images that do include non-free firmware >will be presented more prominently, so that newcomers will find them more >easily; fully-free images will not be hidden away; they will be linked >from the same project pages, but with less visual priority. > >Choice 3: Provide installers with and without non-free firmware >=============================================================== > >The Debian project is permitted to make distribution media (installer >images and live images) containing non-free software from the Debian >archive available for download alongside with the free media in a way that >the user is informed before downloading which media are the free ones. > >Choice 4: Installer with non-free software is not part of Debian >================================================================ > >We continue to stand by the spirit of the Debian Social Contract §1 which >says: > > Debian will remain 100% free > > We provide the guidelines that we use to determine if a work is "free" > in the document entitled "The Debian Free Software Guidelines". We > promise that the Debian system and all its components will be free > according to these guidelines. We will support people who create or use > both free and non-free works on Debian. We will never make the system > require the use of a non-free component. > >Therefore we will not include any non-free software in Debian, nor in the >main archive or installer/live/cloud or other official images, and will >not enable anything from non-free or contrib by default. > >We also continue to stand by the spirit of the Debian Social Contract §5 >which says: > > Works that do not meet our free software standards > > We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of works that do > not conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We have created > "contrib" and "non-free" areas in our archive for these works. The > packages in these areas are not part of the Debian system, although > they have been configured for use with Debian. We encourage CD > manufacturers to read the licenses of the packages in these areas and > determine if they can distribute the packages on their CDs. Thus, > although non-free works are not a part of Debian, we support their use > and provide infrastructure for non-free packages (such as our bug > tracking system and mailing lists). > >Thereby reinforcing the interpretation that any installer or image with >non-free software on it is not part of the Debian system, but that we >support their use and welcome others to distribute such work. > >Choice 5: Change SC for non-free firmware in installer, one installer >===================================================================== > >This ballot option supersedes the Debian Social Contract (a foundation >document) under point 4.1.5 of the constitution and thus requires a 3:1 >majority. > >The Debian Social Contract is replaced with a new version that is >identical to the current version in all respects except that it adds the >following sentence to the end of point 5: > > The Debian official media may include firmware that is otherwise not > part of the Debian system to enable use of Debian with hardware that > requires such firmware. > >The Debian Project also makes the following statement on an issue of the >day: > >We will include non-free firmware packages from the "non-free-firmware" >section of the Debian archive on our official media (installer images and >live images). The included firmware binaries will normally be enabled by >default where the system determines that they are required, but where >possible we will include ways for users to disable this at boot (boot menu >option, kernel command line etc.). > >When the installer/live system is running we will provide information to >the user about what firmware has been loaded (both free and non-free), and >we will also store that information on the target system such that users >will be able to find it later. Where non-free firmware is found to be >necessary, the target system will also be configured to use the >non-free-firmware component by default in the apt sources.list file. Our >users should receive security updates and important fixes to firmware >binaries just like any other installed software. > >We will publish these images as official Debian media, replacing the >current media sets that do not include non-free firmware packages. > >Choice 6: Change SC for non-free firmware in installer, keep both installers >============================================================================ > >This ballot option supersedes the Debian Social Contract (a foundation >document) under point 4.1.5 of the constitution and thus requires a 3:1 >majority. > >The Debian Social Contract is replaced with a new version that is >identical to the current version in all respects except that it adds the >following sentence to the end of point 5: > > The Debian official media may include firmware that is otherwise not > part of the Debian system to enable use of Debian with hardware that > requires such firmware. > >The Debian Project also makes the following statement on an issue of the >day: > >We will include non-free firmware packages from the "non-free-firmware" >section of the Debian archive on our official media (installer images and >live images). The included firmware binaries will normally be enabled by >default where the system determines that they are required, but where >possible we will include ways for users to disable this at boot (boot menu >option, kernel command line etc.). > >When the installer/live system is running we will provide information to >the user about what firmware has been loaded (both free and non-free), and >we will also store that information on the target system such that users >will be able to find it later. Where non-free firmware is found to be >necessary, the target system will also be configured to use the >non-free-firmware component by default in the apt sources.list file. 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