I second the same proposal aswell.
On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 01:39:41PM -0500, Stephen R. Gore wrote:
> Seconded.
>
> John Goerzen wrote:
> > ------
> > Debian General Resolution
> >
> > Resolved:
> >
> > A. That the Debian Social Contract with the Free Software Community be
> > amended as follows:
> >
> > 1. That text of Section 5 be modified to read: "We acknowledge that
> > some of our users require the use of programs that don't conform to
> > the Debian Free Software Guidelines. While we will not distribute
> > such software itself, we have created areas in our archive for
> > packages that help install or otherwise requre this software. The
> > software in these areas is not part of the Debian system, although
> > it has been configured for use with Debian." The title of
> > Section 5 shall be modified to read: "We will support users of our
> > system who develop or run non-free software."
> >
> > 2. That Section 1 be amended such that the final sentence reads: "We
> > will neither distribute nor make the system depend upon an item of
> > non-free software."
> >
> > B. That the non-free areas be removed from current Debian archives,
> > and that all packages so placed there in accordance with the
> > definition in Policy section 2.1.4 be removed from the Distribution
> > and archives. The introduction into the Debian Distribution or the
> > Debian archives of any package meeting the non-free definition in
> > Policy section 2.1.4, or failing the Debian Free Software Guidelines,
> > shall be forbidden.
> >
> > C. That the maintainer of the Debian Policy Manual, or an appointee of
> > the Debian Project Leader, be directed to update that manual
> > respective of the changes to the Project and general Project policy
> > detailed in sections A and B above.
> >
> > D. That the maintainers of the Debian archives and website, or an
> > appointee of the Debian Project Leader, be directed to implement the
> > changes to the Debian archives and website to reflect the changes to
> > Debian enacted by the foregoing clauses in this Resolution.
> >
> > E. That the disposition of the non-free areas in historical, released,
> > and frozen Debian Distrubutions and archives shall be determined per
> > the Debian Constitution.
> >
> > -------- end of Resolution --------
> >
> > Branden Robinson's assistance with this revision is greatfully
> > acknowledged.
> >
> > --
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> > Sr. Software Developer, Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. www.progenylinux.com
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