----- "Charles Plessy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > can the secretaries state whether it is a supermajority option or > not? > > If yes, how will we deal with it after it is voted? The GR will not be a > foundation document but will rule over one. It will be hidden between many > other GRs, which is in my opinion messy, especially if it happens multiple > times: it will raise the entry barrier for people who want to understand > Debian's principles.
Seconded. I think that this GR would change the interpretation of a foundation document to the point of effectively rewriting it. SC #1 effectively becomes "Debian will remain 100% Free except for binaries make us difficult to install on commodity hardware". I started using Debian at a time where you practically had to hand pick a Linux compatible hardware setup and the PC world was literally 99% Windows (or OS/2) so these alterations and their motivations are a little hard to swallow. I would rather see "Debian + non-free" ISO and install images for newbie users before a blanket acceptance of proprietary firmware. We could offer these disks as a service in addition to our "official" images that are completely Free. I realize that I haven't contributed to Debian enough lately to really complain about any of this but I still can't help being surprised. We should be running free ads for hardware vendors that offer pre-rolled Debian systems with no proprietary bits before we are doing any of this. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
