Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le jeudi, 8 septembre 2022, 07.14:09 h CEST Russ Allbery a écrit : > Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes: > > Thanks for that proposal Russ! > > > > While we're at updating the Social Contract's article 5, what about a > > more invasive cleanup, to reflect reality ? > > [...] > > > What about this (whi

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes: > Thanks for that proposal Russ! > While we're at updating the Social Contract's article 5, what about a > more invasive cleanup, to reflect reality ? [...] > What about this (which adds the non-free-firmware area, replaces "CD > manufacturers" with "installation m

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Thanks for that proposal Russ! While we're at updating the Social Contract's article 5, what about a more invasive cleanup, to reflect reality ? Le mercredi, 7 septembre 2022, 19.48:36 h CEST Russ Allbery a écrit : > -- > >

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve McIntyre writes: > On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 11:38:33AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Ansgar writes: >>> One suggestion: if we modify the Social Contract then we can as well >>> include "non-free-firmware" explicitly as well, i.e., replace >>> We have created "contrib" and "non-free" ar

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Simon Richter writes: > I agree that from a practical standpoint, this is unlikely to be a > problem. The new language for the DSC also solves the conflict, but it > is a regression for user -- before, anything "official" could always be > redistributed because it had to fulfill the DFSG in order

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Simon Richter
Hi Russ, On 9/7/22 21:58, Russ Allbery wrote: Simon Richter writes: Do users have the right to redistribute the installer? In this proposal it's left unspecified (in other words, it's not an inherent position of the Social Contract one way or the other), mostly because I'm trying to keep

Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-09-07 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, 2022-09-07 at 20:31 +0200, Bart Martens wrote: > 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

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 11:38:33AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >Ansgar writes: > >> Seconded. > >> One suggestion: if we modify the Social Contract then we can as well >> include "non-free-firmware" explicitly as well, i.e., replace > >> We have created "contrib" and "non-free" areas in our arc

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 10:48:36AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >Between one thing and another I've not been tracking the timeline of this >vote and I'm worried we may be out of time for new ballot options and >possibly extensions. > >(As promised in the previous vote for changing the timing of GRs,

Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-09-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 08:31:34PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: >On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 11:00:25PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: >> I think the problem is with "non-free section". I think Steve looks at >> that like the non-free-firmware section is now allowed. I suggest you >s/now/not/ >> just rewrite

Re: Requesting Extension (was: Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware)

2022-09-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 06:26:29PM +0200, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote: >Dear Debian Secretary and Debian Developers > >As per the Debian Constitution[1] (4.2¶3), I'm requesting an extension for >the discussion period of 7 days. > >Apologies for jumping this on the last minute, I've been off

Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-09-07 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 08:24:33AM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: >On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 11:00:25PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: >> >> I think the problem is with "non-free section". I think Steve looks at >> that like the non-free-firmware section is now allowed. I suggest you >> just rewrite it as: "

Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-09-07 Thread Laura Arjona Reina
Hello El 7/9/22 a las 20:31, Bart Martens escribió: On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 11:00:25PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: I think the problem is with "non-free section". I think Steve looks at that like the non-free-firmware section is now allowed. I suggest you s/now/not/ just rewrite it as: "contain

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Simon Richter writes: > Seconded. > Do users have the right to redistribute the installer? In this proposal it's left unspecified (in other words, it's not an inherent position of the Social Contract one way or the other), mostly because I'm trying to keep the change as simple as possible and r

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Tobias Frost
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 10:48:36AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Between one thing and another I've not been tracking the timeline of this > vote and I'm worried we may be out of time for new ballot options and > possibly extensions. > > (As promised in the previous vote for changing the timing of

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Kunal Mehta
Hi, On 9/7/22 13:48, Russ Allbery wrote: Between one thing and another I've not been tracking the timeline of this vote and I'm worried we may be out of time for new ballot options and possibly extensions. (As promised in the previous vote for changing the timing of GRs, I've been watching the

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On 9/7/22 19:48, Russ Allbery wrote: -- 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 Contra

Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-09-07 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Bart Martens (2022-09-07 20:31:34) > On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 11:00:25PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > I think the problem is with "non-free section". I think Steve looks at > > that like the non-free-firmware section is now allowed. I suggest you > s/now/not/ > > just rewrite it as: "contai

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Richard Laager writes: > The Project Leader has extended the discussion period (at least the > maximum, maybe it's ambiguous on an extension of the minimum, but that > is likely moot) by 7 days. By my reading of the constitution, this only > extends the possible maximum. To actually get that time

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Ansgar writes: > Seconded. > One suggestion: if we modify the Social Contract then we can as well > include "non-free-firmware" explicitly as well, i.e., replace > We have created "contrib" and "non-free" areas in our archive for > these works. > by > We have created "contrib", "n

Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-09-07 Thread Bart Martens
On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 11:00:25PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > I think the problem is with "non-free section". I think Steve looks at > that like the non-free-firmware section is now allowed. I suggest you s/now/not/ > just rewrite it as: "containing non-free software from the Debian > archive". H

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Ansgar
Russ Allbery writes: > Possible wording, which includes the existing option A verbatim: > > -- > > This ballot option supersedes the Debian Social Contract (a foundation > document) under point 4.1.5 of the constitution and thu

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Richard Laager
I like the existence of such an option. Seconded. The Project Leader has extended the discussion period (at least the maximum, maybe it's ambiguous on an extension of the minimum, but that is likely moot) by 7 days. By my reading of the constitution, this only extends the possible maximum. To

Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Between one thing and another I've not been tracking the timeline of this vote and I'm worried we may be out of time for new ballot options and possibly extensions. (As promised in the previous vote for changing the timing of GRs, I've been watching the timing closely and the last couple have felt

Requesting Extension (was: Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware)

2022-09-07 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
Dear Debian Secretary and Debian Developers As per the Debian Constitution[1] (4.2¶3), I'm requesting an extension for the discussion period of 7 days. Apologies for jumping this on the last minute, I've been off-sick and have been fiercely triaging and catching up with issues the last day or