On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 16:06:48 +1000, Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: 

> On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 10:39:56PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
>> > For reference, I wouldn't be. Either:
>> >    Further, non-free and contrib shall be removed from the
>> >    archive, and no longer supported by the Debian project.
>> > or
>> >    Further, non-free and contrib shall continue to be supported
>> >    by the Debian project.
>> Of course, that leaves voters without any way to express the
>> opinion "change the Social Contract to not mandate non-free, but
>> punt on the question of its actual removal", which is also a valid
>> viewpoint.

>       [ 1 ] Change social contract, remove non-free
>       [ 1 ] Change social contract, keep non-free
>       [ 2 ] Don't change social contract
>       [ 3 ] Further Discussion

        Umm, that is not quite the same thing. Consider the case where
 there are 400 voters that want to punt. And suppose there is an
 explicit option 

    [ ] Change social contract, remove non-free
    [ ] Change social contract, keep non-free
    [ ] Change social contract, punt on archive
    [ ] Don't change social contract
    [ ] Further Discussion


        In your ballot, the 400 people vote:
  400 x  1123

        Suppose there is one person who does not want to punt; and votes: 
       1234

        None free would be removed.

        In the new ballot, it would be
 
 400 x 55123
       15523

        And things would really be punted.

        manoj
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