Re: Proposal: Source code is important for all works in Debian, and required for programmatic ones

2006-09-19 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 02:50:19PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:07:18PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > > > > > C. Reaffirms its continued support of users whose hardware (or > > > software) requires works which are not fr

Re: Filibustering general resolutions

2006-09-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:15:14 +1000, Pascal Hakim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:09:04AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Due to a loop hole in the constitution, any group of 6 Debian >> developers can delay any general resolution indefinitely by putting >> up t

Canonical list of proposal text

2006-09-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:15:28 -0400, Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 09:54:17AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: >> > Umh, then I need to ask why the resolution is not clear enough so >> > that it does not need the preamble to know in which way the >> > author has in

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 09:54:17AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > > Umh, then I need to ask why the resolution is not clear enough > > so that it does not need the preamble to know in which way the > > author has intended its interpretation? As Manoj pointed out > > already, courts look at the resol

Re: Filibustering general resolutions

2006-09-19 Thread Pascal Hakim
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:09:04AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > Due to a loop hole in the constitution, any group of 6 Debian > developers can delay any general resolution indefinitely by putting > up their own amendment, and every 6 days, making substantiative > changes in

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Russ Allbery
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Since it has been decreed that the secretary has no discretion > in putting up properly proposed and seconded text, this request is > now moot. > We do have an issue now with people seconding extraneous text, > including signatures

Re: Proposal: Source code is important for all works in Debian, and required for programmatic ones

2006-09-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:07:18PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > > > C. Reaffirms its continued support of users whose hardware (or > > software) requires works which are not freely licensed or whose > > source is not available by making such wo

Re: Filibustering general resolutions

2006-09-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 10:09 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > The project should decide how it wants to handle filibustering, > > if it feels like doing anything about it, of course. But now, any GR > > has a veto contingent of only 6 develop

Re: Filibustering general resolutions

2006-09-19 Thread Florian Weimer
* Andreas Barth: > perhaps we should, independend of current GRs, consider how to change > the GR procedure so that it doesn't happen to be as painful as it is > now. Perhaps pain is highly subjective in this case. I guess it's less bizarre if you've been exposed to Robert's Rules of Order. (Bu

Re: Proposal: Source code is important for all works in Debian, and required for programmatic ones

2006-09-19 Thread Kari Pahula
Seconded. On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:07:18PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > == BEGIN PROPOSAL = > > The Free Software movement is about enabling users to modify the works > that they use on their computer; about giving users the same > information that c

Re: Proposal: Source code is important for all works in Debian, and required for programmatic ones

2006-09-19 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:07:18PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > D. Requests that vendors of hardware, even those whose firmware is > not loaded by the operating system, provide the prefered form for > modification so that purchasers of their hardware can > exercise their freedom t

Re: Filibustering general resolutions

2006-09-19 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, * Manoj Srivastava ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060919 17:57]: > Due to a loop hole in the constitution, any group of 6 Debian > developers can delay any general resolution indefinitely by putting > up their own amendment, and every 6 days, making substantiative > changes in their amendment

Re: Proposal: Source code is important for all works in Debian, and required for programmatic ones

2006-09-19 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:07:18PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > Because there appears to be some residual confusion[1][2][3] about > what I actually proposed and its content, here is the proposal as it > currently stands. The proposal is only the content between BEGIN > PROPOSAL and END PROPOSAL.

Re: Filibustering general resolutions

2006-09-19 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 10:09 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > The project should decide how it wants to handle filibustering, > if it feels like doing anything about it, of course. But now, any GR > has a veto contingent of only 6 developers. How about we see how to solve that when it act

Filibustering general resolutions

2006-09-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Due to a loop hole in the constitution, any group of 6 Debian developers can delay any general resolution indefinitely by putting up their own amendment, and every 6 days, making substantiative changes in their amendment (they can just rotate between a small number of very differen

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:40:08 +0200, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:27:12PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Proponents of various various amendments to the GR should feel free >> to send me a couple of paragraphs in HTML markup to >> introduce/expla

Re: Proposal: Source code is important for all works in Debian, and required for programmatic ones

2006-09-19 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
Hi, I second this proposal: Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > == BEGIN PROPOSAL = > > The Free Software movement is about enabling users to modify the works > that they use on their computer; about giving users the same > information that copy

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Andreas Barth
* Debian Project Secretaru ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060918 20:56]: > From: Frederik Schueler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:06:54 +0200 > > Good signature from EA7ED2A341954920 Frederik Schüler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > , > | 1. We affirm that ou

Re: Proposal: Source code is important for all works in Debian, and required for programmatic ones

2006-09-19 Thread René van Bevern
I second this proposal. > == BEGIN PROPOSAL = > > The Free Software movement is about enabling users to modify the works > that they use on their computer; about giving users the same > information that copyright holders and upstream developers have. As

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Frank Küster
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:46:50 -0700, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> > But just like the groundwork and foundation of a structure, the >> > non-actionable content of a resolutions can contain information on >> > how the actionable content is

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Martin Schulze wrote: > > On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:46:50 -0700, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > But just like the groundwork and foundation of a structure, the > > > non-actionable content of a resolutions can contain information on > > > how the actionable content

Re: Proposal: Source code is important for all works in Debian, and required for programmatic ones

2006-09-19 Thread Alexander Wirt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Don Armstrong schrieb am Montag, den 18. September 2006: I also second this clarified proposal. > == BEGIN PROPOSAL = > > The Free Software movement is about enabling users to modify the works > that they

Re: Proposal: Source code is important for all works in Debian, and required for programmatic ones

2006-09-19 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I second this proposal. Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Because there appears to be some residual confusion[1][2][3] about > what I actually proposed and its content, here is the proposal as it > currently stands. The proposal is only th

Re: The Sourceless software in the kernel source GR

2006-09-19 Thread Martin Schulze
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:46:50 -0700, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > But just like the groundwork and foundation of a structure, the > > non-actionable content of a resolutions can contain information on > > how the actionable content is to be interpreted. As such, it is part > > of t