Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-25 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 03:14:18PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > De facto, we don't. The debate is (primarily) whether we require it de > > iure. I understood, apparently incorrectly, that you were discussing > > the de iure requirements of the SC relat

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-25 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 01:17:20AM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 03:14:18PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > > De facto, we don't. The debate is (primarily) whether we require it de > > > iure. I understood, apparently incorrectly

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 01:16:01PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > What is the positive reason for debian to distribute anything in > > non-free? > > It benefits some of our users. We've been here before. Distributing binaries of mozilla for win32 would benefit some of our users as well, but I don

Re: Voting system stuff, again [Was: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot]

2004-01-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:48:59AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > I would expect to see a highly polarised set of results, where most > > people rank further discussion as 2. It doesn't matter whether it's > > mathematically sound or not, that's how people think. > > It might be how *you* think;

Re: Comparison and rebuttal of Raul Miller/20040119-13 against Andrew Suffield/GR Editorial

2004-01-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:51:13AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 12:02:06PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 02:28:13AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > You seem to be asserting that we, as a project, shouldn't recognize such > > > standards violation

Re: RFD: Use of @debian.org email addresses

2004-01-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 02:46:26AM +1100, Sam Johnston wrote: > >>The DMUP is a load of crap. > >> > >> > > > >Oh, and it has all the teeth of an amoeba > Why? Because it contains several clauses that are never enforced. That means "it breaks the DMUP" is clearly not grounds for disciplinary a

Re: RFD: Use of @debian.org email addresses

2004-01-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:58:47AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > Since the DMUP is > effectively a policy statement of the DSA team, would they necessarily > be bound to enforce the amended version? They don't really enforce the current version, so... no. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | An

Re: RFD: Use of @debian.org email addresses

2004-01-25 Thread John Goerzen
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 12:20:57PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 05:39:17PM +1100, Sam Johnston wrote: > I think the main problem of the DMUP WRT @d.o is the sole coverage of > *incoming* mail, thus stating (at least to me) that it's more about > being bandwidth-aware than b

Re: Ad Hominem (was Re: Raul Miller is lying scum [Was: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot])

2004-01-25 Thread John Goerzen
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 12:01:07AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > For example, after I proposed removing the Linux specific wording in > > > the social contract, you introduced the same kind of change in yours. > > > > I did that following the suggestion of somebody on IRC (I forget who), > > in

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:42:38AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:48:55AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > > So I don't think that the mere presence of non-DFSG-free > > documentation in main demonstrates that this is a reinterpretation; it > > would be much more compelling

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-25 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:54:58AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 01:16:01PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > What is the positive reason for debian to distribute anything in > > > non-free? > > It benefits some of our users. > We've been here before. Distributing binaries

Re: RFD: Use of @debian.org email addresses

2004-01-25 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:39:55AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > These ones in particular are ignored on a fairly regular basis, off > the top of my head: [...] > You must not send via email any item which it is illegal to send or > possess. > > You must not send (via email) or post Copyright

Re: Comparison and rebuttal of Raul Miller/20040119-13 against Andrew Suffield/GR Editorial

2004-01-25 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:17:16AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:51:13AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 12:02:06PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 02:28:13AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > > You seem to be asserting

Re: Voting system stuff, again [Was: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot]

2004-01-25 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:13:26AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:48:59AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > I would expect to see a highly polarised set of results, where most > > > people rank further discussion as 2. It doesn't matter whether it's > > > mathematically

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-25 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 03:14:18PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > De facto, we don't. The debate is (primarily) whether we require it de > > iure. I understood, apparently incorrectly, that you were discussing > > the de iure requirements of the SC relat

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-25 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 01:17:20AM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 03:14:18PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > > > De facto, we don't. The debate is (primarily) whether we require it de > > > iure. I understood, apparently incorrectly

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 01:16:01PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > What is the positive reason for debian to distribute anything in > > non-free? > > It benefits some of our users. We've been here before. Distributing binaries of mozilla for win32 would benefit some of our users as well, but I don

Re: Voting system stuff, again [Was: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot]

2004-01-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:48:59AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > I would expect to see a highly polarised set of results, where most > > people rank further discussion as 2. It doesn't matter whether it's > > mathematically sound or not, that's how people think. > > It might be how *you* think;

Re: Comparison and rebuttal of Raul Miller/20040119-13 against Andrew Suffield/GR Editorial

2004-01-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:51:13AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 12:02:06PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 02:28:13AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > You seem to be asserting that we, as a project, shouldn't recognize such > > > standards violation

Re: RFD: Use of @debian.org email addresses

2004-01-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 02:46:26AM +1100, Sam Johnston wrote: > >>The DMUP is a load of crap. > >> > >> > > > >Oh, and it has all the teeth of an amoeba > Why? Because it contains several clauses that are never enforced. That means "it breaks the DMUP" is clearly not grounds for disciplinary a

Re: RFD: Use of @debian.org email addresses

2004-01-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:58:47AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > Since the DMUP is > effectively a policy statement of the DSA team, would they necessarily > be bound to enforce the amended version? They don't really enforce the current version, so... no. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | An

Re: RFD: Use of @debian.org email addresses

2004-01-25 Thread John Goerzen
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 12:20:57PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 05:39:17PM +1100, Sam Johnston wrote: > I think the main problem of the DMUP WRT @d.o is the sole coverage of > *incoming* mail, thus stating (at least to me) that it's more about > being bandwidth-aware than b

Re: Ad Hominem (was Re: Raul Miller is lying scum [Was: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot])

2004-01-25 Thread John Goerzen
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 12:01:07AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > For example, after I proposed removing the Linux specific wording in > > > the social contract, you introduced the same kind of change in yours. > > > > I did that following the suggestion of somebody on IRC (I forget who), > > in

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:42:38AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:48:55AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > > So I don't think that the mere presence of non-DFSG-free > > documentation in main demonstrates that this is a reinterpretation; it > > would be much more compelling

Re: Comparison and rebuttal of Raul Miller/20040119-13 against Andrew Suffield/GR Editorial

2004-01-25 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:17:16AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:51:13AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 12:02:06PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 02:28:13AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > > You seem to be asserting

Re: RFD: Use of @debian.org email addresses

2004-01-25 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:39:55AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > These ones in particular are ignored on a fairly regular basis, off > the top of my head: [...] > You must not send via email any item which it is illegal to send or > possess. > > You must not send (via email) or post Copyright

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-25 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 01:54:58AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 01:16:01PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > What is the positive reason for debian to distribute anything in > > > non-free? > > It benefits some of our users. > We've been here before. Distributing binaries

Re: Voting system stuff, again [Was: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot]

2004-01-25 Thread Anthony Towns
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:13:26AM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 11:48:59AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > I would expect to see a highly polarised set of results, where most > > > people rank further discussion as 2. It doesn't matter whether it's > > > mathematically