On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 22:29:12 +0000, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On 2004-02-25 21:02:20 +0000 Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> The way I see it, these are mutually exclusive proposals. > Are you basing that on anything you put on > http://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_002 as "The actual text of the > amendment"? Hmm. Lets see. First, including context that you elided: >> The way I see it, these are mutually exclusive proposals. So, >> either we get Andrews proposal, that throws out non-free from the >> social contract, and the next release shall not have a corresponding >> non free section; From the web page: The next release of Debian will not be accompanied by a non-free section; there will be no more stable releases of the non-free section. The Debian project will cease active support of the non-free section. Clause 5 of the social contract is repealed. >> or we get AJ's version which shall not change the >> social contract, and reaffirm the developers intent of retaining the >> non-free sections. From the web page: I propose that the Debian project resolve that: Acknowledging that some of our users continue to require the use of programs that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines, we reaffirm our commitment to providing the contrib and non-free areas in our archive for packaged versions of such software, and to providing the use of our infrastructure (such as our bug-tracking system and mailing lists) to help with the maintenance of non-free software packages. Yes, I did get that from the web page. Coomon sense seems to indicate that we can either cease active support of the non-free section (editing the SC as needed), or we can reaffirm our commitment to non-free and continue to provide it. > [...] >> It did seem clear to me that the proposals were diametrically >> opposed to each other. > As it does to me. That is why I think it useless, too. I fail to see how you could arrive at that illogical conclusion, but hey. manoj -- A disciple will master this world and the world of Death with its devas. A disciple will gather well taught aphorisms (dhammapadas), like a connoisseur picking a flower. 45 Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
