Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Aníbal Monsalve Salazar
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 07:56:03AM +0200, Martin Wuertele wrote:
* Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-07-21 03:39]:
On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 08:12:54PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

 SPI and Debian are separate organisations who share some goals. Debian
 is grateful for the legal support framework offered by SPI. Debian's
 Developers are currently members of SPI by virtue of their status as
 Developers.

This paragraph was marked as unchanged in your diff, however it was actually
changed below:

 SPI and Debian are separate organisations who share some
 goals. Debian is grateful for the legal support framework offered
 by SPI. Debian's Developers are eligible for contributing
 membership in SPI by virtue of their status as Developers.

and should be clearly marked as part of the changes.

Seconded, if you approve this editorial change to the GR. :)
 
Same here, seconded in that case.

Seconded (again) if vorlon's suggestion is approved by Manoj.

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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Adrian von Bidder
On Friday 21 July 2006 03:12, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

 
  4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election
4.1. Powers
 Together, the Developers may:
 -6. Together with the Project Leader and SPI, make decisions about
 -   property held in trust for purposes related to Debian. (See
 §9.1.)

 
  4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election
4.1. Powers
 Together, the Developers may:
 +6. Together with the Project Leader  make decisions about
 +   property held in trust for purposes related to Debian. (See
 +   §9.).  Such decisions are made by announcement on a
 +   electronic mailing list designated by the Project Leader
 +   or their Delegate(s), which is accessible to all developers.
 -

 
  5. Project Leader
5.1. Powers
 The Project Leader may:
 -   10. Together with SPI, make decisions affecting property held in
 trust -   for purposes related to Debian. (See §9.)

 =
== 5. Project Leader
5.1. Powers
 The Project Leader may:
 +   10. In consultation with the developers, make decisions affecting
 +   property held in trust  for purposes related to Debian. (See
 +   §9.). Such decisions are made by announcement on a
 +   publicly-readable electronic mailing list designated by the
 +   Project Leader's Delegate(s); any Developer may post there.

 -
--

 -9. Software in the Public Interest

 SPI and Debian are separate organisations who share some goals.
 Debian is grateful for the legal support framework offered by SPI.
 Debian's Developers are currently members of SPI by virtue of their
 status as Developers.

 -  9.1. Authority
 -
 -1. SPI has no authority regarding Debian's technical or nontechnical
 -   decisions, except that no decision by Debian with respect to any
 -   property held by SPI shall require SPI to act outside its legal
 -   authority, and that Debian's constitution may occasionally use
 SPI -   as a decision body of last resort.
 -2. Debian claims no authority over SPI other than that over the use
 -   of certain of SPI's property, as described below, though Debian
 -   Developers may be granted authority within SPI by SPI's rules.
 -3. Debian Developers are not agents or employees of SPI, or of each
 -   other or of persons in authority in the Debian Project. A person
 -   acting as a Developer does so as an individual, on their own
 -   behalf.

 -  9.2. Management of property for purposes related to Debian

 -   Since Debian has no authority to hold money or property, any
 donations -   for the Debian Project must be made to SPI, which manages
 such -   affairs.

 SPI have made the following undertakings:
  1. SPI will hold money, trademarks and other tangible and intangible
 property and manage other affairs for purposes related to Debian.
  2. Such property will be accounted for separately and held in trust
 for those purposes, decided on by Debian and SPI according to
 this section.
  3. SPI will not dispose of or use property held in trust for Debian
 without approval from Debian, which may be granted by the Project
 Leader or by General Resolution of the Developers.
  4. SPI will consider using or disposing of property held in trust
 for Debian when asked to do so by the Project Leader.
  5. SPI will use or dispose of property held in trust for Debian when
 asked to do so by a General Resolution of the Developers,
 provided that this is compatible with SPI's legal authority.
  6. SPI will notify the Developers by electronic mail to a Debian
 Project mailing list when it uses or disposes of property held in
 trust for Debian.

 
 +9. Assets held in trust for Debian

 +  Debian has no legal presence in any country worldwide, and as such
 +  cannot maintain any money or other property. Therefore, property will
 +  have to be maintained by any of a number of organizations as detailed
 in +  §9.2
 +
 +   Traditionally, SPI was the sole organization authorized to hold
 +   property and monies for the Debian Project.  SPI was created in
 +   the U.S. to hold money in trust there.
 SPI and Debian are separate organisations who share some
 goals. Debian is grateful for the legal support framework offered
 by SPI. Debian's Developers are eligible for contributing
 membership in SPI by virtue of their status as Developers.

 +   9.1 

Re: Linux Magazin Germany, affecting Debian's image?!

2006-07-21 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 12:24:20PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
 PS: Is it true that Ubuntu things about supplying a 3 year offer for
 source under 3b so derivates of ubuntu can go sourcelss?

 A nice idea, to be sure, but it doesn't seem particularly helpful, unless
 the derivative isn't modifying anything GPL-covered (possible, I suppose,
 but unlikely), since the moment you modify something you don't have a
 written offer from someone for that source code, and can't use 3c any more.

 More likely, Ubuntu is going to let people who use the Soyuz (I think that's
 the one) part of Launchpad to define their own custom distros provide the
 source alongside the binaries, thus letting everyone go the 3a route (as
 long as you sign your sanity away by agreeing to use Launchpad for
 ever more).

 - Matt

Most of the time you change 1% and keep the remaining 99% of the dvd
as is (unless you rebuild every source package like ubuntu does).
A derivative can then just include that 1% source and the written
offer.

MfG
Goswin


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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Bas Zoetekouw
Hi Manoj!

You wrote:

 +   Traditionally, SPI was the sole organization authorized to hold
 +   property and monies for the Debian Project.  SPI was created in
 +   the U.S. to hold money in trust there.

I'm wondering about this part.  It seems to me like just a historic
overview of the old situation, which IMO does not belong in the
constitution.

 SPI and Debian are separate organisations who share some
 goals. Debian is grateful for the legal support framework offered
 by SPI. Debian's Developers are eligible for contributing
 membership in SPI by virtue of their status as Developers.

I don't think it makes sense that the Debian constitution determines who
can become a member of SPI.  That is something that should be (and
probably is) described in SPI's bylaws.

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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread MJ Ray
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Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  propose the following amendment to the Debian constitution.  This had
  been discussed at length last month, and suggestions and discussion
  have died down. I would like to seek seconds for this proposal at
  this time.

I suggested rewording this condition-less conditional phrase:

 +   It would be preferable if the organizations holding assets in
 +   trust for Debian undertake certain obligations for the handling of
 +   such assets, as an example:

as:
+   It is preferred that the organizations holding assests in
+   trust for Debian undertake certain obligations for the handling of
+   such assets, as an example:

or more normally and concisely:
+   Organizations holding assets in trust for Debian should undertake
+   obligations for the handling of such assets, similar to this:

Please will you accept one of those amendments?

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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Nick Phillips
MJ Ray wrote:

 Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   propose the following amendment to the Debian constitution.  This had
   been discussed at length last month, and suggestions and discussion
   have died down. I would like to seek seconds for this proposal at
   this time.

 I suggested rewording this condition-less conditional phrase:

  +   It would be preferable if the organizations holding assets in
  +   trust for Debian undertake certain obligations for the handling of
  +   such assets, as an example:

 as:
 +   It is preferred that the organizations holding assests in
 +   trust for Debian undertake certain obligations for the handling of
 +   such assets, as an example:

 or more normally and concisely:
 +   Organizations holding assets in trust for Debian should undertake
 +   obligations for the handling of such assets, similar to this:

 Please will you accept one of those amendments?


You're right to correct the original, but I don't think you've nailed it
yet.

If there's a should then obligation is clearly the wrong word to go
with it. And you don't undertake an obligation -- you meet an
obligation, or undertake to meet it.

So maybe:

Organisations holding assets in trust for Debian will be required to
meet certain obligations in their handling of such assets...

or

It is preferred that organisations holding assets in trust for Debian
should comply with certain conditions regarding their handling of such
assets...

or similar.


Cheers,


Nick


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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 08:12:54PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
 In order to bring the constitution in line with current needs
  and practices of handling assets globally, and allowing the projet to
  add and remove partner organizations from the set of organizations
  currently authorized to hold assets for Debian, I would like to
  propose the following amendment to the Debian constitution.  This had
  been discussed at length last month, and suggestions and discussion
  have died down. I would like to seek seconds for this proposal at
  this time.

I'd like to ask that we keep the discussion period for this open until
the SPI elections are completed and the new board has an opportunity to
comment. So if this proposal receives enough seconds to go to a vote,
please consider this an extension of the discussion period of up to
a week under 4.2.4 to ensure it doesn't end before Aug 7th (which is
just under three weeks from now, and gives the new board a week after
electing their officers to comment).

Cheers,
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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread MJ Ray
Nick Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 MJ Ray wrote:
  Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   +   It would be preferable if the organizations holding assets in
   +   trust for Debian undertake certain obligations for the handling of
   +   such assets, as an example:
[...]
 You're right to correct the original, but I don't think you've nailed it
 yet.
 
 If there's a should then obligation is clearly the wrong word to go
 with it. And you don't undertake an obligation -- you meet an
 obligation, or undertake to meet it.

Agreed.  I don't think obligation in the original meant a MUST
or a will, but something more like offering certain undertakings,
but I could be wrong.  How about:

Organizations holding assets in trust for Debian should make
certain promises about their handling of such assets...

 or
 
 It is preferred that organisations holding assets in trust for Debian
 should comply with certain conditions regarding their handling of such
 assets...

?

Thanks for the phrasing help,
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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Ian Jackson
Manoj Srivastava writes (Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the 
project):
 In order to bring the constitution in line with current needs
  and practices of handling assets globally, and allowing the projet to
  add and remove partner organizations from the set of organizations
  currently authorized to hold assets for Debian, I would like to
  propose the following amendment to the Debian constitution.  This had
  been discussed at length last month, and suggestions and discussion
  have died down. I would like to seek seconds for this proposal at
  this time.

I agree with the sense and letter but have a few factual, grammar and
other minor corrections, which I'd like to formally propose as
amendments.  I'd appreciate it if you'd accept them.  I propose each
change as a separate amendment so you may accept some or all of them;
they're numbered 1 to 14, below.

I hereby also second the proposed resolution as is, even if you don't
accept my amendments.


1. Replace all occurrences of `organization' (and derivative words)
with `organisation', so as to maintain consistent spelling.


2. Change wording from `legal presence' to `legal entity':

 +  Debian has no legal presence in any country worldwide, and as such
 Debian is not a legal entity (in any country in the world), and as such

Rationale: Having a `legal presence' is not the same as being a `legal
entity'; legal entities may exist but not have a presence in a
particular country.


3. Change `maintain' to `own':
4. Change `Therefore, property...' to present tense:

 +  cannot maintain any money or other property. Therefore, property will
 cannot own any money or ...  ... Therefore, property
for use for Debian

Rationale for 3.: Debian cannot own things; ownership is a legal concept.  It
can maintain them; maintaining things is how you deal with them in the
real world.  (Money does not need to be `maintained'.)

Rationale for 4.: We should use the present tense, not the future
tense, even though this amendment is currently a draft.

 +  have to be maintained by any of a number of organizations as detailed in
 has to be owned by any of...

Part of my amendment 3.

5. Insert a paragraph break:
6. Mark this whole section 9.2 as non-normative:

 +  §9.2
 +
 +   Traditionally, SPI was the sole organization authorized to hold
 +   property and monies for the Debian Project.  SPI was created in
 +   the U.S. to hold money in trust there.
 -- insert paragraph break --
 SPI and Debian are separate organisations who share some
 goals. Debian is grateful for the legal support framework offered
 by SPI. Debian's Developers are eligible for contributing
 membership in SPI by virtue of their status as Developers.

Rationale for 6.: most of this is just factual information; the
contributing membership status is determined by SPI so is also
informational.

7. Add a comma:

 +   9.1 Relationship with Associated Organizations
 +
 + 1. Debian Developers do not become agents or employees of
 +organizations holding assets in trust for Debian, or of
 +each other, or of persons in authority in the Debian Project
   ...in the Debian Project,
 +solely by the virtue of being Debian Developers. A person

Rationale: this makes it clearer that the `solely by virtue of'
applies to `do not become agents' rather than `persons in authority'.


8. Apostrophe correction:

 +   authority within such an organization, subject to the
 +   organizations decision and rules.
  organisation's decision and rules.

(My amendment 1, organisation, also applies.)


9. Remove comma-splice:

 +   Debian has no authority to hold money or property, any
  Debian has no authority to hold money or property.  Any

Rationale: this fixes the grammar and breaks up an excessively long
sentence.


10. Replace `such things':
11. Replace `in name of' and `on behalf of':
12. Capitalise `Project Leader' and Delegate:

 +   donations for the Debian Project must be made to any one of a set
 +   of organizations designated by the Project leader (or a delegate)
  of organisations designated by the Project Leader (or a Delegate)

 +   to be authorized to handle such things in name of the Debian
   ... to handle assets  to be used for the Debian

Rationale for 10.: `Such things' is vague; we should say exactly what
we mean.

Rationale for 11.: `In name of' is bad grammar.  `In the name of' and
`on behalf of (see below) would be wrong because it might imply some
kind of legal existence for Debian.  What we should talk about is the
assets' purpose.


12. Capitalise `Project':

 +   project. Such authorization, or its withdrawal, and annual reports
  Project. ...


11 again:

 +   of activities by such organizations on behalf of Debian must be
  of Debian-related activities by such 

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the 
project):
 they're numbered 1 to 14, below.

I mean 1 to 15, sorry.  I split one of them up during editing :-).

Ian.


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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:18:44 +0200, Bas Zoetekouw [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: 

 Hi Manoj!
 You wrote:

 + Traditionally, SPI was the sole organization authorized to hold
 + property and monies for the Debian Project.  SPI was created in
 + the U.S. to hold money in trust there.

 I'm wondering about this part.  It seems to me like just a historic
 overview of the old situation, which IMO does not belong in the
 constitution.

This is a lead in for all the material that the constitution
 has about the SPI, and as you have discerned, as well as being what
 the wording suggests, a historical background that explains the
 special place for SPI in the rest of the section.

 Debian's Developers are eligible for contributing
 membership in SPI by virtue of their status as Developers.

 I don't think it makes sense that the Debian constitution determines
 who can become a member of SPI.  That is something that should be
 (and probably is) described in SPI's bylaws.

This is true.  There seems no reason to mention this in the
 constitution, since an action by the SPI board can change that, and
 the constitution amendment would be required to marry the
 constitution with reality.

What would the seconders feel about deleting this sentence
 from the proposed draft?

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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Nico Golde
Hello Manoj,

* Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-07-21 09:37]:
[...] 
 
  4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election
4.1. Powers
 Together, the Developers may:
 +6. Together with the Project Leader  make decisions about
  ^^
One space too much :)
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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Ian Jackson
MJ Ray writes (Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the 
project):
 Please will you accept one of those amendments?

My proposed amendments 13, 14 and 15 in my message
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change this text to:

  Organisations holding assets in trust for Debian should
  undertake reasonable obligations for the handling of such
  assets.

  As an example of best practice at the time of writing,
  SPI have made the following undertakings:

Needless to say I think this is the best wording.  The use of
`should' (whose meaning is spelled out in appendix B) is helpful, I
think.

Ian.


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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Benj. Mako Hill
quote who=Ian Jackson date=Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 03:53:19PM +0100
 I agree with the sense and letter but have a few factual, grammar and
 other minor corrections, which I'd like to formally propose as
 amendments.  I'd appreciate it if you'd accept them.  I propose each
 change as a separate amendment so you may accept some or all of them;
 they're numbered 1 to 14, below.
 
 I hereby also second the proposed resolution as is, even if you don't
 accept my amendments.

I'll also second the resolution as is.

I also support Ian's suggestions although I don't care too much about
most of the grammar, spelling, or comma changes. Several of the other
changes seem to be useful clarifications.

Regards,
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Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi,

Here is the latest draft of the proposal. I have accepted most
 of the suggestions offered on the mailing lists; I think they have
 been mostly editorial, with cleanup of the language, and
 typographical changes, with no substantive differences from the last
 draft.

However, given my track record WRT editorial changes to
 foundation documents, people ought to be examining this draft
 _before_ the vote rather than afterwards :)

 At last count, the following had sconded the previous draft, I hope
 there is no problem with the changes made with this version.

 1) Steve Langasek  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 2) Martin Wuertele [EMAIL PROTECTED]  (unsigned message)
 3) Aníbal Monsalve Salazar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 4) Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] (unsigned message)
 5) Benj. Mako Hill   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 6) Adrian von Bidder   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 7) Alexander Zangerl   [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Key expired
manoj


 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election
   4.1. Powers
Together, the Developers may:
-6. Together with the Project Leader and SPI, make decisions about
-   property held in trust for purposes related to Debian. (See §9.1.)


 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election
   4.1. Powers
Together, the Developers may:
+6. Together with the Project Leader  make decisions about
+   property held in trust for purposes related to Debian. (See
+   §9.).  Such decisions are made by announcement on a 
+   electronic mailing list designated by the Project Leader 
+   or their Delegate(s), which is accessible to all developers. 
-


 5. Project Leader
   5.1. Powers
The Project Leader may:
-   10. Together with SPI, make decisions affecting property held in trust
-   for purposes related to Debian. (See §9.)

===
 5. Project Leader
   5.1. Powers
The Project Leader may:
+   10. In consultation with the developers, make decisions affecting
+   property held in trust  for purposes related to Debian. (See
+   §9.). Such decisions are made by announcement on a
+   publicly-readable electronic mailing list designated by the
+   Project Leader's Delegate(s); any Developer may post there.

---

-9. Software in the Public Interest

SPI and Debian are separate organisations who share some goals. Debian
-is grateful for the legal support framework offered by SPI. Debian's
-   Developers are currently members of SPI by virtue of their status as
-   Developers.

-  9.1. Authority
-
-1. SPI has no authority regarding Debian's technical or nontechnical
-   decisions, except that no decision by Debian with respect to any
-   property held by SPI shall require SPI to act outside its legal
-   authority, and that Debian's constitution may occasionally use SPI
-   as a decision body of last resort.
-2. Debian claims no authority over SPI other than that over the use
-   of certain of SPI's property, as described below, though Debian
-   Developers may be granted authority within SPI by SPI's rules.
-3. Debian Developers are not agents or employees of SPI, or of each
-   other or of persons in authority in the Debian Project. A person
-   acting as a Developer does so as an individual, on their own
-   behalf.

-  9.2. Management of property for purposes related to Debian

-   Since Debian has no authority to hold money or property, any donations
-   for the Debian Project must be made to SPI, which manages such
-   affairs.

SPI have made the following undertakings:
 1. SPI will hold money, trademarks and other tangible and intangible
property and manage other affairs for purposes related to Debian.
 2. Such property will be accounted for separately and held in trust
for those purposes, decided on by Debian and SPI according to this
section.
 3. SPI will not dispose of or use property held in trust for Debian
without approval from Debian, which may be granted by the Project
Leader or by General Resolution of the Developers.
 4. SPI will consider using or disposing of property held in trust for
Debian when asked to do so by the Project Leader.
 5. SPI will use or dispose of property held in trust for Debian when
asked to do so by a General Resolution of the Developers, provided
that this is compatible with SPI's legal authority.
 6. SPI will notify the Developers by electronic mail to a Debian

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-07-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:21:56 +1000, Anthony Towns aj@azure.humbug.org.au 
said: 

 On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 08:12:54PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
 In order to bring the constitution in line with current needs and
 practices of handling assets globally, and allowing the projet to
 add and remove partner organizations from the set of organizations
 currently authorized to hold assets for Debian, I would like to
 propose the following amendment to the Debian constitution.  This
 had been discussed at length last month, and suggestions and
 discussion have died down. I would like to seek seconds for this
 proposal at this time.

 I'd like to ask that we keep the discussion period for this open
 until the SPI elections are completed and the new board has an
 opportunity to comment. So if this proposal receives enough seconds
 to go to a vote, please consider this an extension of the discussion
 period of up to a week under 4.2.4 to ensure it doesn't end before
 Aug 7th (which is just under three weeks from now, and gives the new
 board a week after electing their officers to comment).

While I have no interest in rushing this proposal to a vote,
 and would like for us to have ample time to consider all angles and
 options, I should also note that the SPI board has no say in
 Debian's technical or nontechnical decisions, including our
 foundation documents.

So current and prospective members of SPI's board may voice
 their opinions on this mailing list (as may anyone else, for that
 matter, since list posting is wide open), I see no reason to wait
 until SPI's board has made an official statement (since that has no
 bearing, etc).

Is there something I am missing about why a Debian GR should
 wait until the SPI board has time to deliberate on it and tell us the
 results of their reflections?

manoj
 perfectly happy not to have to work on a new vote till after labour day
-- 
All those moments will be lost, in time, like tears in rain.  Time to
Die. Roy Batty, in Blade Runner
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