On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:27:12PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Proponents of various various amendments to the GR should feel
> free to send me a couple of paragraphs in HTML markup to
> introduce/explain the resolutions they are proposing. Feel free to
> include external l
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:07:18PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> == BEGIN PROPOSAL =
>
> The Free Software movement is about enabling users to modify the works
> that they use on their computer; about giving users the same
> information that copyright ho
Because there appears to be some residual confusion[1][2][3] about
what I actually proposed and its content, here is the proposal as it
currently stands. The proposal is only the content between BEGIN
PROPOSAL and END PROPOSAL.
== BEGIN PROPOSAL =
The F
Hi,
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:05:32 -0700, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Proponents of various various amendments to the GR should feel free
>> to send me a couple of paragraphs in HTML markup to
>> introduce/explain the resolutions they ar
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Proponents of various various amendments to the GR should feel free
> to send me a couple of paragraphs in HTML markup to
> introduce/explain the resolutions they are proposing. Feel free to
> include external links to more extensice body of supporting
Hi,
Proponents of various various amendments to the GR should feel
free to send me a couple of paragraphs in HTML markup to
introduce/explain the resolutions they are proposing. Feel free to
include external links to more extensice body of supporting material
in the paragraphs you send
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:46:50 -0700, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:03:11 -0700, Steve Langasek
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:32:10PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> >> Which is it, a
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:32:10PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:36:17 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > For the record, this is not the full text of the votable resolution
> > which I proposed; the preceding text was preambulatory text, not
> > rationa
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:03:11 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:32:10PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >> Which is it, a preamble to the resolution, or the resolution
> >> itself?
>
> > It is a preamble, a
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:03:11 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:32:10PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:36:17 -0700, Steve Langasek
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> > For the record, this is not the full text of the votable
>> > r
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:03:11 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:32:10PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:36:17 -0700, Steve Langasek
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> > For the record, this is not the full text of the votable
>> > r
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:36:17 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> For the record, this is not the full text of the votable resolution
> which I proposed; the preceding text was preambulatory text, not
> rationale, and was submitted as part of the resolution itself.
Which is
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 01:42:14PM -0500, Debian Project Secretaru wrote:
> ##
> ##
>GR
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 06:36:16PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> What I not have see is a voting option like
>
> [ ] Just document how to (re)build with non free drivers.
>
> I would like to see such an option. My main reason for it is
> my main reason for investing time in Debian: Free Softwa
Le lun 18 septembre 2006 20:42, Debian Project Secretaru a écrit :
> GR Amendment 3: Special exception to DFSG #2 for firmware
>
> From: Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:37:20 +0200
I second that proposal made by josselin mouette ag
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 01:42:14PM -0500, Debian Project Secretaru wrote:
> ,
> | THE DEBIAN PROJECT therefore,
> | 1. reaffirms its dedication to providing a 100% free system to
> |our users according to our Social Contract and the DFSG; and
> | 2. encourages author
Hi,
I have gone through the last couple of months of mail
archives, and came up with the current state of the proposals we have
before us. As I see it; there are two solid amendments, and an iffy
third one, and a slew of proposals that have not yet gathered enough
seconds to make it to
Hello People at -vote,
At the mailinglist -boot was this message:
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 11:35:51AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> Joey Hess wrote:
> >
> > d-i already supports driver disks, see floppy-retriever and the code in
> > hw-detect to prompt for a driver floppy if necessary hardwar
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:09:14AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> I think you're wrong here, unless you're using an unusual definition
> of "distributable". The usual definition used by debian-legal is "We have
> explicit legal permission to distribute it." If you were right, we wouldn't
> hav
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:56:02 +0100, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Note that this is a draft, voting is not yet open. Any comments
>>> need to be in fast, though.
>
>> Could you name the amendment on the ballot, please? "
Frederik Schueler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 08:59:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> is to drop support (in whole or in part) for
>> Broadcom NX2, Sun Cassini(+),
Both nondistributable firmware anyway
look, what list should this discussion be on? Can someone forward
Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 01:47:18AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
>> The project acknowledges that a lot of progress has been made with regard
>> to the removal from the distribution (main) of "software" that could be
>> considered non-free given the current wording of the Social
Note: for purposes of discussion, I will use the term "firmware" to refer to
the binary executables loaded into various peripherals by the Linux kernel.
Properly speaking these are *not* firmware -- if they have to be loaded at
every boot, they're not firm, they're just software -- but that's anot
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