On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 03:00:29AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Indeed, I had proposed this in -project on the 19th of
> July. This addresses the same ambiguity that Brandon does in his
> proposal, but in a distincly different fashion. I would suggest that
> this should be offered as an alternative to Brandon's proposal, if it
> comes to a vote (if the rules lawyers deem that permissible). If not,
> this may stand on its own (leaving open the possibility that both,
> almost opposite, amendments may be accepted).
>
> I am now looking for seconds for this proposal.
Yes, Branden (mis-spelling his name is living dangerously you know..)
posted his amendment to your propsal here. ;) So now you can post yours
to amend his. Aren't GRs fun? heh.
> ======================================================================
> 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election
[..]
> - 5. Issue nontechnical policy documents and statements.
> - These include documents describing the goals of the project, its
> - relationship with other free software entities, and nontechnical
> - policies such as the free software licence terms that Debian
> - software must meet.
> - They may also include position statements about issues of the day.
> + 5. Issue, modify and withdraw nontechnical policy documents and statements.
> + These include documents describing the goals of the project, its
> + relationship with other free software entities, and nontechnical
> + policies such as the free software licence terms that Debian
> + software must meet.
> + They may also include position statements about issues of the day.
> + 5.1 A special clause applies to the documents labelled as
> + "Foundation Documents". These documents are those
> + that are deemed to be critical to the core of the project,
> + they tend to define what the project is, and lay the
> + foundations of its structure. The developers may
> + modify a foundation document provided they agree with a 3:1
> + majority.
>
> -- + 5.2 Initially, the list of foundation Documents consists
> + of this document, The Debian Constitution, as well as the
> + documents known as the Debian GNU/Linux Social Contract and the
> + Debian Free Software Guidelines. The list of the documents
> + that are deemed to be "Foundation Documents" may be changed
> + by the developers provided they agree with a 3:1 majority.
> 6. Together with the Project Leader and SPI, make decisions about
> property held in trust for purposes related to Debian. (See
> s.9.1.)
> ======================================================================
For lack of a more simply worded amendment which accomplishes the same
result, I second this.
(I hope this will at least put a hold to the current attempts to pretend
the constitution already includes this amendment without regard to the
facets of reality until such time as a vote may be had. Somehow though,
I suspect that would seem to make too much sense for Debian's own brand of
quasi-political maneuvering to consider.. However, I digress.)
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