Re: kernel firmwares: GR proposal

2006-09-03 Thread Reinhard Tartler
Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The only compromise I can see is a new archive section different from > main, contrib or non-free which will be considered part of Debian and > distributed on our CD and netboot images. Like, say, 'restricted'? -- Gruesse/gre

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-09-03 Thread Matthew Woodcraft
Anthony Towns wrote: >On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 04:11:02PM +0100, Matthew Woodcraft wrote: >> Changes for the current draft: >> > + In case the DPL and ex-secretary can't agree on an candidate for new >> > secretary, the decision is made by the developers in a GR, and not by >> > the SPI board.

Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-09-03 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 12:01:55AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > He has full control of it, in the sense that it is often binary only, and that > he produces it, and not some third party (like the operating system vendor). > Also, i believe that modifying the firmware, like you propose, usually voids

Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project

2006-09-03 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Sep 02, 2006 at 09:01:05AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 18:22:08 +1000, Anthony Towns > said: > > On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 11:46:54AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> Yet another draft. There are major changes in this version, so I > >> think we'll need to have