Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-24 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, * Debian Project Secretaru ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060918 20:56]: 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 there has not been many new arguments lately, and the outcome of this GRs is

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:40:08 +0200, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: 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

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
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: On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:36:17 -0700, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: For the record, this is not the full text of

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Martin Schulze wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:46:50 -0700, Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: But just like the groundwork and foundation of a structure, the non-actionable content of a resolutions can contain information on how the actionable content is to be interpreted. As such, it is

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Manoj Srivastava wrote: Either it is preambulatory material, or it is part of the resolution If it is preambulatory material, then it is part of the resolution. *There* lies the crux of the disagreement. (If it is not part of the resolution, it might be *supplementary* material, or

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Raul Miller wrote: On 9/21/06, Nick Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On which subject, does anyone else think that it would be useful to leave debian-vote for formal proposals/seconds (possibly moderated), and another list e.g. debian-vote-discuss (or even just -project) for the

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Manoj Srivastava wrote: I don't care about just the proposers opinion, I want to ensure that what the proposer is telling me is what the people and the sponsors also agreed to. I suppose we could have a lengthy email exchange, Oooh, lengthy. Just email the damn sponsors and ask

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Debian Project Secretaru wrote: 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. Thanks for going through this. I know you had to as secretary, but it must have sucked. -- Nathanael

Wading through the noise (was: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR)

2006-09-22 Thread Hubert Chan
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:39:34 +1200, Nick Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Manoj Srivastava wrote: I suppose we could have a lengthy email exchange, and assume that the sponsors are still paying attention to every mail in the deluge that is -vote; On which subject, does anyone else think

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-21 Thread Nick Phillips
Manoj Srivastava wrote: I suppose we could have a lengthy email exchange, and assume that the sponsors are still paying attention to every mail in the deluge that is -vote; On which subject, does anyone else think that it would be useful to leave debian-vote for formal proposals/seconds

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-21 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:02:08AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:40:08 +0200, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: 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

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-21 Thread Raul Miller
On 9/21/06, Nick Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On which subject, does anyone else think that it would be useful to leave debian-vote for formal proposals/seconds (possibly moderated), and another list e.g. debian-vote-discuss (or even just -project) for the flame^Wdiscussions that follow?

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-21 Thread Raul Miller
On 9/21/06, I wrote: Personally, I'd say that if the situation is so ambiguous ... Note that nothing I said here in any way overrides the procedures the Secretary posted to dda -- I should have read that announcement before posting. -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't care about just the proposers opinion, I want to ensure that what the proposer is telling me is what the people and the sponsors also agreed to. I suppose we could have a lengthy email exchange, and assume that the sponsors are

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-21 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 07:44:20PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: No one has asked that the vote.d.o pages include background material. I have asked that the text of resolutions not be misleadingly edited Miisleadingly edited? Wittingly or unwittingly? Are you claiming that the

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:15:28PM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: I don't think it is too much to ask that the proposers and/or seconders of General Resolutions create and maintain wiki pages, for example, when their initiatives demand a lot of background material to appropriately inform and

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:28:26 -0700, Steve Langasek [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:15:28PM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote: I don't think it is too much to ask that the proposers and/or seconders of General Resolutions create and maintain wiki pages, for example, when their

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-20 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Seems like I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't. It seems to me as if what happened was: You thought the preamble was rationale and not part of the resolution proper; but the proposer said no, that was an important part of the resolution

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Russ Allbery writes (Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR): I don't really know how best to help with the underlying problem here. Part of the problem is that there are still people who think that we can rely on procedures to protect us absolutely from people. This is obviously

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:39:01 -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Seems like I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't. It seems to me as if what happened was: You thought the preamble was rationale and not part of the resolution

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-20 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is an issue is that a sloppy proposal mail may have mislead the sponsors to believe that a preamble was an introductory section, or vice versa. Hard to know unless the proposors and ponsors are clear about their intent. Right, so

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:56:25 -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is an issue is that a sloppy proposal mail may have mislead the sponsors to believe that a preamble was an introductory section, or vice versa. Hard to know unless

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Sven Luther
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 links

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Martin Schulze
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:46:50 -0700, Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: But just like the groundwork and foundation of a structure, the non-actionable content of a resolutions can contain information on how the actionable content is to be interpreted. As such, it is part of the

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Martin Schulze wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:46:50 -0700, Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: But just like the groundwork and foundation of a structure, the non-actionable content of a resolutions can contain information on how the actionable content is to be

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Frank Küster
Martin Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:46:50 -0700, Don Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: But just like the groundwork and foundation of a structure, the non-actionable content of a resolutions can contain information on how the actionable content is to be

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Andreas Barth
* Debian Project Secretaru ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060918 20:56]: From: Frederik Schueler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:06:54 +0200 Good signature from EA7ED2A341954920 Frederik Schüler [EMAIL PROTECTED] , | 1. We affirm that our Priorities

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:40:08 +0200, Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: 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

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Russ Allbery
Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Since it has been decreed that the secretary has no discretion in putting up properly proposed and seconded text, this request is now moot. We do have an issue now with people seconding extraneous text, including signatures and

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 09:54:17AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: Umh, then I need to ask why the resolution is not clear enough so that it does not need the preamble to know in which way the author has intended its interpretation? As Manoj pointed out already, courts look at the resolution

The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-18 Thread Debian Project Secretaru
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

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-18 Thread Steve Langasek
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 authors of

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-18 Thread Pierre Habouzit
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 again, and

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-18 Thread Josselin Mouette
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Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
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 it,

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
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 resolution

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
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 resolution

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-18 Thread Steve Langasek
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 rationale, and

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
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 preamble to

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-18 Thread Manoj Srivastava
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

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-18 Thread Don Armstrong
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

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-18 Thread Debian Project Secretary
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 are