* Debian Project Secretary ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040523 23:55]: > On Sat, 22 May 2004 01:41:13 +0200, Bill Allombert > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election > > > 4.1. Powers > > > Together, the Developers may: > > 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. > > > --------------------- > > > We, Debian developers, issue the statement: > > > "On the question on what software should be allowed in the main > > section of our archive (The official Debian distribution) for our > > forthcoming release code-named Sarge, we resolve that we will apply > > the same criterion as for our preceding release, code-named Woody." > > > --------------------- > > > > I suppose it fits as "a nontechnical policies such as the free > > software licence terms that Debian software must meet.". It would > > require a simple majority to pass, then.
> I do not think we can over ride the constitution, and other > foundation documents, with a simple position statement; so I would > not think a simple position statement can trump the SC. I think we can override it with a position statement that has the same requirements as a change of the fundation document, i.e. this position statement would require a 3:1-majority. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
