On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 05:22:43PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> I wish to propose an ammendment to the proposed resolution as follows.
Seconded.
> The text of the resolution should be replaced with a call for the
> developers to resolve that:
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> 1) the Debian project continues to acknowledge the utility of providing
> non-free software for it users.
>
> 2) the Debian project also acknowledges that some developers may be
> unwilling or unable to explicitly work on non-free software, and
> holds that this is not and should not be detrimental to their work
> on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution, or their contribution to the
> Debian project.
>
> 3) the Debian project considers equating the importance of the "contrib"
> and "non-free" areas described in the Social Contract with the
> official Debian GNU/Linux distribution inappropriate.
>
> 4) noting that the Debian project already distributes various other
> collections of unofficial packages, the project endorses a move to
> specifically collect the various other add-on components such as
> "experimental", "orphaned", "non-free" and "contrib" and to clearly
> separate these from the "main" collection.
>
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