-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The requisite discussion period having been entertained, I therefore formally call for a vote on this topic, on the Resolution which I originally posted on June 7, 2000, a copy of which is included below.
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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.5 and Gnu Privacy Guard <http://www.gnupg.org/> iD8DBQE5XBTE3PeFtIodmh8RAkNvAJ0UyJyWON18WshSTrQMBpeI5/zdyQCeNj9u DqwHau5Uyb3Vz5InR344az4= =D1j7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
