No more seconds for my current proposal draft

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
I'd like to thank the people who have seconded my proposal. I appreciate your support and approval. However, I'd also like people to hold-off on any further seconds for a couple days. I want to update my proposal. This update is largely going to involve rephrasing -- some of which has been prov

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:21:32PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > It's very simple: GFDL licensed documentation does not satisfy all > > > requirements of the DFSG. > > That's nice. Why do you think that means it would get dropped from main, > > merely because the non-free section will disappear?

No more seconds for my current proposal draft

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
I'd like to thank the people who have seconded my proposal. I appreciate your support and approval. However, I'd also like people to hold-off on any further seconds for a couple days. I want to update my proposal. This update is largely going to involve rephrasing -- some of which has been prov

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:59:29AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > > Finally, note that software currently in main which does not satisfy > > > > all of our guidelines will get dropped -- there will be no "fallback > > > > position". In particular, I'm thinking of GFDL licensed documentation, > >

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:22:15PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:59:29AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > Finally, note that software currently in main which does not satisfy > > > all of our guidelines will get dropped -- there will be no "fallback > > > position". In part

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:59:29AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > > Finally, note that software currently in main which does not satisfy > > > > all of our guidelines will get dropped -- there will be no "fallback > > > > position". In particular, I'm thinking of GFDL licensed documentation, > >

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 02:39:36AM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > I think we agreed that rejecting to help 'B', when we are busy with > helping 'A' is O.K. It will be completely ethical to act in this way. > It produces no evil to answer "Sorry, we are busy with helping S. > Spiridonov and ot

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
> > Andrew's "drop non-free" proposal: > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2003/debian-vote-200312/msg00044.html On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:59:29AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > Finally, note that software currently in main which does not satisfy > > all of our guidelines will get

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:22:15PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:59:29AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > Finally, note that software currently in main which does not satisfy > > > all of our guidelines will get dropped -- there will be no "fallback > > > position". In part

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony Towns
Damn, I thought I already replied to this. Apparently not. On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:50:47AM +0100, Sergey Spiridonov wrote: > >If there were one "human ethic" that was universally agreed upon, this > >might be worth talking about; but there isn't. > There are some basic things, formulated a long

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:59:29AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > Andrew's "drop non-free" proposal: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2003/debian-vote-200312/msg00044.html > Finally, note that software currently in main which does not satisfy > all of our guidelines will get dropped -- th

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 02:39:36AM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > I think we agreed that rejecting to help 'B', when we are busy with > helping 'A' is O.K. It will be completely ethical to act in this way. > It produces no evil to answer "Sorry, we are busy with helping S. > Spiridonov and ot

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
> > Andrew's "drop non-free" proposal: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2003/debian-vote-200312/msg00044.html On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:59:29AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > Finally, note that software currently in main which does not satisfy > > all of our guidelines will get drop

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony Towns
Damn, I thought I already replied to this. Apparently not. On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:50:47AM +0100, Sergey Spiridonov wrote: > >If there were one "human ethic" that was universally agreed upon, this > >might be worth talking about; but there isn't. > There are some basic things, formulated a long

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:59:29AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > Andrew's "drop non-free" proposal: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2003/debian-vote-200312/msg00044.html > Finally, note that software currently in main which does not satisfy > all of our guidelines will get dropped -- th

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
> >>The fact, that someone will suffer because of non-free situations > >>which can happen after distribution, can be ignored because we do not > >>care about it. Raul Miller wrote: > > False. > > > > We do the best we can -- this is the opposite of not caring about it. On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 0

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Raul Miller wrote: The fact, that someone will suffer because of non-free situations which can happen after distribution, can be ignored because we do not care about it. False. We do the best we can -- this is the opposite of not caring about it. Do you mean that by distributing non-free we

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
> >>The fact, that someone will suffer because of non-free situations > >>which can happen after distribution, can be ignored because we do not > >>care about it. Raul Miller wrote: > > False. > > > > We do the best we can -- this is the opposite of not caring about it. On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 0

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Raul Miller wrote: The fact, that someone will suffer because of non-free situations which can happen after distribution, can be ignored because we do not care about it. False. We do the best we can -- this is the opposite of not caring about it. Do you mean that by distributing non-free we do th

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 01:14:42AM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > The fact, that someone will suffer because of non-free situations > which can happen after distribution, can be ignored because we do not > care about it. False. We do the best we can -- this is the opposite of not caring abo

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Remi Vanicat wrote: Tell me, how will you help your friend which inadvertently bought a nvidia graphic card instead of a radeon one to get 3D ? How will you I will suggest him to buy radeon and to sell nvidia. Well, You will give me the money that this operation will cost me? How much do

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 01:14:42AM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > The fact, that someone will suffer because of non-free situations > which can happen after distribution, can be ignored because we do not > care about it. False. We do the best we can -- this is the opposite of not caring abo

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Remi Vanicat wrote: Tell me, how will you help your friend which inadvertently bought a nvidia graphic card instead of a radeon one to get 3D ? How will you I will suggest him to buy radeon and to sell nvidia. Well, You will give me the money that this operation will cost me? How much do you need

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:18:54PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > 2. Debian gets program from 'A' with non-free license and distributes > it. In this case all that situations which will happen around programs > distributed by Debian are consequences of such a chain: > > 'A' produces and _dis

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Remi Vanicat
Sven Luther wrote: >> Tell me, how will you help your friend which inadvertently bought a >> nvidia graphic card instead of a radeon one to get 3D ? How will you "Sergey V. Spiridonov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will suggest him to buy radeon and to sell nvidia. Well, You will give me the m

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Raul Miller wrote: One can package software with most restrictive license you can imagine, but this can not produce any ethical problem, until it will be *distributed*. If distribution is not performed, it can not produce described non-ethical situations, neither #1 nor #2. In your example he

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Raul Miller wrote: One can package software with most restrictive license you can imagine, but this can not produce any ethical problem, until it will be *distributed*. If distribution is not performed, it can not produce described non-ethical situations, neither #1 nor #2. In your example her

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:18:54PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > 2. Debian gets program from 'A' with non-free license and distributes > it. In this case all that situations which will happen around programs > distributed by Debian are consequences of such a chain: > > 'A' produces and _dis

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:59:05PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > >>I mean, that software can not be _evil_. As well as narcotics. As well > >>as a gun. It is a human, who produce an _evil_. It is a human who > >>acts non-ethical, or produce non-ethical situations. Raul Miller wrote: > > Wha

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Remi Vanicat
Sven Luther wrote: >> Tell me, how will you help your friend which inadvertently bought a >> nvidia graphic card instead of a radeon one to get 3D ? How will you "Sergey V. Spiridonov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will suggest him to buy radeon and to sell nvidia. Well, You will give me the m

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Raul Miller wrote: One can package software with most restrictive license you can imagine, but this can not produce any ethical problem, until it will be *distributed*. If distribution is not performed, it can not produce described non-ethical situations, neither #1 nor #2. In your example here,

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Raul Miller wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:59:05PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: I mean, that software can not be _evil_. As well as narcotics. As well as a gun. It is a human, who produce an _evil_. It is a human who acts non-ethical, or produce non-ethical situations. What you're d

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Raul Miller wrote: One can package software with most restrictive license you can imagine, but this can not produce any ethical problem, until it will be *distributed*. If distribution is not performed, it can not produce described non-ethical situations, neither #1 nor #2. In your example here, i

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 08:15:11PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > A non-Debian layman would possibly say that "docs you can't modify > that are intended to be free for use are still OK to use" - thus: I can see that for certain kinds of standards documents, but not for documentation describing

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:59:05PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > >>I mean, that software can not be _evil_. As well as narcotics. As well > >>as a gun. It is a human, who produce an _evil_. It is a human who > >>acts non-ethical, or produce non-ethical situations. Raul Miller wrote: > > Wha

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:39:56PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > > I personally think that it is a mistake to try to cut users off from > > non-free software by external diktat and that Debian gets it right by > > offering the choice to not have it in your apt sources. In the long > > run f

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Raul Miller wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:59:05PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: I mean, that software can not be _evil_. As well as narcotics. As well as a gun. It is a human, who produce an _evil_. It is a human who acts non-ethical, or produce non-ethical situations. What you're doing

Re: Chad's comments (was Re: For M.J. Ray 1 of 3 -- changes from current social contract)

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Jan 22, 2004, at 11:41, Raul Miller wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:23:42AM -0600, Chad Walstrom wrote: "but not all" is extraneous fluff. In my opinion, it emphasizes the idea that we expect main to fill the needs of many users. This is important because of the current controversy ov

Re: Comparison of Raul Miller/20040119-13 and Andrew Suffield/GR Editorial

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Jan 22, 2004, at 13:39, Raul Miller wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:30:07PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: Also, checking the dictionary shows Internet is too, but that it is only a noun. So, the most correct may be "Internet-connected" I don't like that -- it seems to make the senten

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 08:14:14PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > I will reformulate this question, to avoid misunderstaning: > > What is wrong with associated actions regarding non-free programs? There is no generally true answer to this question. The question itself is about as useful as

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 08:15:11PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > A non-Debian layman would possibly say that "docs you can't modify > that are intended to be free for use are still OK to use" - thus: I can see that for certain kinds of standards documents, but not for documentation describing

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:39:56PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > > > I personally think that it is a mistake to try to cut users off from > > non-free software by external diktat and that Debian gets it right by > > offering the choice to not have it in your apt sources. In the long > > run f

Re: Chad's comments (was Re: For M.J. Ray 1 of 3 -- changes from current social contract)

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Jan 22, 2004, at 11:41, Raul Miller wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:23:42AM -0600, Chad Walstrom wrote: "but not all" is extraneous fluff. In my opinion, it emphasizes the idea that we expect main to fill the needs of many users. This is important because of the current controversy over non

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:59:05PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > I mean, that software can not be _evil_. As well as narcotics. As well > as a gun. It is a human, who produce an _evil_. It is a human who > acts non-ethical, or produce non-ethical situations. Software is not narcotics. Soft

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Sergey Spiridonov wrote: Anthony Towns wrote: O.K., I just want to know, what is wrong in your opinion with associated actions regarding non-free programs? I will reformulate this question, to avoid misunderstaning: What is wrong with associated actions regarding non-free programs? -- Best

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 06:41:33PM +, John Lines wrote: > Apart from the GFDL I am not aware of any licences which are DFSG > free, but which do not meet the description of Free Software as used > by the Free Software Foundation. (and there the issue is the other > way round) I think you have

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
> > The changes to clause 1 include changes to keep non-free in > > perspective. On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 06:02:25PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > Then that part should be made conditional, as in Andrew's editorial GR > proposal. Why? In my opinion, Andrew's making a mistake. Simply stating that I sh

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:43:58PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: Sven Luther wrote: I said that by redirecting efforts and resources from non-free to free we will reduce amount of unethical situations. You say that redirecting efforts and resources from non-free to f

Re: Comparison of Raul Miller/20040119-13 and Andrew Suffield/GR Editorial

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Jan 22, 2004, at 13:39, Raul Miller wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:30:07PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: Also, checking the dictionary shows Internet is too, but that it is only a noun. So, the most correct may be "Internet-connected" I don't like that -- it seems to make the sentence les

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 08:14:14PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > I will reformulate this question, to avoid misunderstaning: > > What is wrong with associated actions regarding non-free programs? There is no generally true answer to this question. The question itself is about as useful as

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread John Lines
> > re-badge it as fsf-linux. > > This seems an obvious faux pas, given FSF's view that the OS should be > GNU/Linux, as Debian currently calls it. Missing from this transition > plan are any proposals to address namespaces, Origin and Bugs, amongst > others. There may be cases where debian reg

Re: Comparison of Raul Miller/20040119-13 and Andrew Suffield/GR Editorial

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:30:07PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > Also, checking the dictionary shows Internet is too, but that it is > only a noun. So, the most correct may be "Internet-connected" I don't like that -- it seems to make the sentence less pertinent. Here's someone else's opini

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:59:05PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > I mean, that software can not be _evil_. As well as narcotics. As well > as a gun. It is a human, who produce an _evil_. It is a human who > acts non-ethical, or produce non-ethical situations. Software is not narcotics. Soft

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Sergey Spiridonov wrote: Anthony Towns wrote: O.K., I just want to know, what is wrong in your opinion with associated actions regarding non-free programs? I will reformulate this question, to avoid misunderstaning: What is wrong with associated actions regarding non-free programs? -- Best rega

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 06:41:33PM +, John Lines wrote: > Apart from the GFDL I am not aware of any licences which are DFSG > free, but which do not meet the description of Free Software as used > by the Free Software Foundation. (and there the issue is the other > way round) I think you have

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
> > The changes to clause 1 include changes to keep non-free in > > perspective. On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 06:02:25PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > Then that part should be made conditional, as in Andrew's editorial GR > proposal. Why? In my opinion, Andrew's making a mistake. Simply stating that I sh

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-01-22 13:35:09 + Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The changes to clause 1 include changes to keep non-free in perspective. Then that part should be made conditional, as in Andrew's editorial GR proposal. If you want me to drop those from my proposal, you have to convince

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey V. Spiridonov
Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:43:58PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: Sven Luther wrote: I said that by redirecting efforts and resources from non-free to free we will reduce amount of unethical situations. You say that redirecting efforts and resources from non-free to free (

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Raul Miller wrote: > Also, we should probably update the DFSG to indicate that they are > "Debian's Free Software Requirements", rather than merely being > guidelines. This would also require updating the social contract > and the constitution. There was a large discussion on

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread John Lines
> > re-badge it as fsf-linux. > > This seems an obvious faux pas, given FSF's view that the OS should be > GNU/Linux, as Debian currently calls it. Missing from this transition > plan are any proposals to address namespaces, Origin and Bugs, amongst > others. There may be cases where debian reg

Re: Comparison of Raul Miller/20040119-13 and Andrew Suffield/GR Editorial

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:30:07PM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > Also, checking the dictionary shows Internet is too, but that it is > only a noun. So, the most correct may be "Internet-connected" I don't like that -- it seems to make the sentence less pertinent. Here's someone else's opini

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:09:30AM +, John Lines wrote: > An easier route to make an ideologically pure Linux distribution, > suitable for endorsement by RMS and the FSF would be for the FSF, who > already have machines and infrastructure, to set up a Debian mirror > which only contains main an

Re: Comparison of Raul Miller/20040119-13 and Andrew Suffield/GR Editorial

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Jan 20, 2004, at 23:19, Raul Miller wrote: Well, except for the ambiguity of what "100% free" means without the word "software". "Free software" is very specific, because of the DFSG. Yes, that's true. Raul adds in a transition phrase and the word "internet" (Raul: isn't Internet capital

Comparison of Raul Miller/20040119-13 and Andrew Suffield/GR Editorial (again, with proper line breaks)

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
I realize that Raul Miller has not proposed his GR, and intends to hold off until at least tomorrow. This comparison is based on Raul Miller's DRAFT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andrew Suffield's GR, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm going to ignore bland procedural text (like the first paragrap

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-01-22 13:35:09 + Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The changes to clause 1 include changes to keep non-free in perspective. Then that part should be made conditional, as in Andrew's editorial GR proposal. If you want me to drop those from my proposal, you have to convince me th

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Raul Miller wrote: > Also, we should probably update the DFSG to indicate that they are > "Debian's Free Software Requirements", rather than merely being > guidelines. This would also require updating the social contract > and the constitution. There was a large discussion on

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
> > So why don't you two work together on a grammatical changes proposal, > > while each of you subsequently presents a proposal to tackle the > > non-free issue? On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 02:50:36PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > My invitation for suggestions went out in pretty much every > draft.

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
> > Also, we should probably update the DFSG to indicate that they are > > "Debian's Free Software Requirements", rather than merely being > > guidelines. This would also require updating the social contract and > > the constitution. On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 02:44:57PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote

Chad's comments (was Re: For M.J. Ray 1 of 3 -- changes from current social contract)

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:23:42AM -0600, Chad Walstrom wrote: > 1. BE SUCCINCT. Remove extraneous prepositional phrases and color > words. > 2. KEEP YOUR GOALS IN MIND and WRITE WHAT YOU MEAN. Understand what > you're trying to say. Don't get caught up in length explainations >

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:09:30AM +, John Lines wrote: > An easier route to make an ideologically pure Linux distribution, > suitable for endorsement by RMS and the FSF would be for the FSF, who > already have machines and infrastructure, to set up a Debian mirror > which only contains main an

Re: Comparison of Raul Miller/20040119-13 and Andrew Suffield/GR Editorial

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Jan 20, 2004, at 23:19, Raul Miller wrote: Well, except for the ambiguity of what "100% free" means without the word "software". "Free software" is very specific, because of the DFSG. Yes, that's true. Raul adds in a transition phrase and the word "internet" (Raul: isn't Internet capitalized?

Comparison of Raul Miller/20040119-13 and Andrew Suffield/GR Editorial (again, with proper line breaks)

2004-01-22 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
I realize that Raul Miller has not proposed his GR, and intends to hold off until at least tomorrow. This comparison is based on Raul Miller's DRAFT, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andrew Suffield's GR, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm going to ignore bland procedural text (like the first paragrap

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-01-22 Thread Chad Walstrom
Seconded as amended. On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 03:12:32PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 03:35:01PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 03:49:39PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > Haven't had any further comments, so I guess we're good to go. This > >

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
> > So why don't you two work together on a grammatical changes proposal, > > while each of you subsequently presents a proposal to tackle the > > non-free issue? On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 02:50:36PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > My invitation for suggestions went out in pretty much every > draft.

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
> > Also, we should probably update the DFSG to indicate that they are > > "Debian's Free Software Requirements", rather than merely being > > guidelines. This would also require updating the social contract and > > the constitution. On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 02:44:57PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote

Re: GR: Removal of non-free (with explanation)

2004-01-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:01:47PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > ---8<--- > 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 pr

Chad's comments (was Re: For M.J. Ray 1 of 3 -- changes from current social contract)

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:23:42AM -0600, Chad Walstrom wrote: > 1. BE SUCCINCT. Remove extraneous prepositional phrases and color > words. > 2. KEEP YOUR GOALS IN MIND and WRITE WHAT YOU MEAN. Understand what > you're trying to say. Don't get caught up in length explainations >

Re: For M.J. Ray 1 of 3 -- changes from current social contract

2004-01-22 Thread Chad Walstrom
Let me preface my comments with this statement. I am not a grammar lawyer, but I consider myself adept. There are a few rules of thumb I tend to follow when writing bland technical documents and legalease. 1. BE SUCCINCT. Remove extraneous prepositional phrases and color words. 2. KEEP

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-01-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 03:12:32PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > As amended: > -8<- > > Paragraphs 1 to 4 of the social contract are replaced with the > following text: > > 1. Debian will remain 100% free > > We provide the g

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-01-22 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 03:35:01PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 03:49:39PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > Haven't had any further comments, so I guess we're good to go. This > > proposal corrects various linguistic errors, and updates the language > > of the social cont

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-01-22 Thread Chad Walstrom
Seconded as amended. On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 03:12:32PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 03:35:01PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 03:49:39PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > > Haven't had any further comments, so I guess we're good to go. This > >

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 05:28:13PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:21:57AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 04:07:53PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > > > The grammatical changes seem orthogonal. > > > > I disagree: if Andrew's grammatical changes proposal pass

Re: GR: Removal of non-free (with explanation)

2004-01-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:01:47PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > ---8<--- > 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 pr

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:59:29AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > Andrew's "drop non-free" proposal: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2003/debian-vote-200312/msg00044.html > > I think this will require further ballots. At the very least, he seems > to intend a separate ballot for gramma

Re: For M.J. Ray 1 of 3 -- changes from current social contract

2004-01-22 Thread Chad Walstrom
Let me preface my comments with this statement. I am not a grammar lawyer, but I consider myself adept. There are a few rules of thumb I tend to follow when writing bland technical documents and legalease. 1. BE SUCCINCT. Remove extraneous prepositional phrases and color words. 2. KEEP

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-01-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 03:12:32PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > As amended: > -8<- > > Paragraphs 1 to 4 of the social contract are replaced with the > following text: > > 1. Debian will remain 100% free > > We provide the g

Re: GR: Editorial amendments to the social contract

2004-01-22 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 03:35:01PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 03:49:39PM +, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > Haven't had any further comments, so I guess we're good to go. This > > proposal corrects various linguistic errors, and updates the language > > of the social cont

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 05:28:13PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:21:57AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 04:07:53PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > > > The grammatical changes seem orthogonal. > > > > I disagree: if Andrew's grammatical changes proposal pass

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:59:29AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > Andrew's "drop non-free" proposal: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2003/debian-vote-200312/msg00044.html > > I think this will require further ballots. At the very least, he seems > to intend a separate ballot for gramma

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 07:04:36PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > >> I do not think that you can address these two issues in a coherent > >> way with > >> a single proposal. On 2004-01-21 20:03:23 + Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The "remove non-free" issue is a specific instance of the

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:24:36AM +, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-01-22 09:09:30 + John Lines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >re-badge it as fsf-linux. > > This seems an obvious faux pas, given FSF's view that the OS should be > GNU/Linux, as Debian currently calls it. Missing from this t

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread Raul Miller
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 07:04:36PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > >> I do not think that you can address these two issues in a coherent > >> way with > >> a single proposal. On 2004-01-21 20:03:23 + Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The "remove non-free" issue is a specific instance of the

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:24:36AM +, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-01-22 09:09:30 + John Lines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >re-badge it as fsf-linux. > > This seems an obvious faux pas, given FSF's view that the OS should be > GNU/Linux, as Debian currently calls it. Missing from this t

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey Spiridonov
Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: But he does! That is his fault! And if someone will say to me, that it is me, who does this with my own hands, I will be insulted. The funny thing about the word "insulted" is if you will tell it to Russian native speaker like me, he

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sergey Spiridonov
Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: But he does! That is his fault! And if someone will say to me, that it is me, who does this with my own hands, I will be insulted. The funny thing about the word "insulted" is if you will tell it to Russian native speaker like me, he will

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-01-22 09:09:30 + John Lines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: re-badge it as fsf-linux. This seems an obvious faux pas, given FSF's view that the OS should be GNU/Linux, as Debian currently calls it. Missing from this transition plan are any proposals to address namespaces, Origin and

Re: A transition plan to fsf-linux.org

2004-01-22 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:39:52AM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote: > John Lines wrote: > > An easier route to make an ideologically pure Linux distribution, suitable > > for > > endorsement by RMS and the FSF would be for the FSF, who already have > > machines > > and infrastructure, to set up a Deb

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:43:58PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > >>I hope I answered this question in other thread, just to make it as > >>clear as possible. I agree with the fact that stopping to distribute > >>non-free will decrease the amount of good, which Debia

Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot

2004-01-22 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-01-21 20:03:23 + Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 07:04:36PM +, MJ Ray wrote: I do not think that you can address these two issues in a coherent way with a single proposal. The "remove non-free" issue is a specific instance of the "people have cr

Re: non-free and users?

2004-01-22 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:52:41PM +0100, Sergey V. Spiridonov wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > >Ok, apologizes accepted, but i still think that your argumentation is > >wrong. > > Thanks. > > >You are claiming that the act of distributing non-free can cause a > >problem for someone, while i real

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