Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 06:47:47PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 09:15:01PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > Hmm.. if I carry out Andrew Cater's suggetion , I would entirely get > > > rid of mention of our existing support for non-free. > > > Our existing support for non-f

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-13 Thread Raul Miller
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 09:15:01PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > Hmm.. if I carry out Andrew Cater's suggetion , I would entirely get > > rid of mention of our existing support for non-free. > > > > I do want to mention non-free, because getting rid of it is Andrew's > > proposal, not mine. > >

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 06:47:47PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 09:15:01PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > Hmm.. if I carry out Andrew Cater's suggetion , I would entirely get > > > rid of mention of our existing support for non-free. > > > Our existing support for non-f

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 09:15:01PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > | We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs > > > | that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We > > > | support interoperability standards such as "Linux System Base", and > >

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-13 Thread Raul Miller
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 09:15:01PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > Hmm.. if I carry out Andrew Cater's suggetion , I would entirely get > > rid of mention of our existing support for non-free. > > > > I do want to mention non-free, because getting rid of it is Andrew's > > proposal, not mine. > >

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-13 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 09:15:01PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > > | We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs > > > | that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We > > > | support interoperability standards such as "Linux System Base", and > >

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 05:16:37PM -0500, I wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 10:22:08AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > | We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs > > | that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We > > | support interoperability s

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 05:16:37PM -0500, I wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 10:22:08AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > | We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs > > | that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We > > | support interoperability s

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 10:22:08AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > | We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs > | that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We > | support interoperability standards such as "Linux System Base", and > | will acce

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-12 Thread Raul Miller
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 10:22:08AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > | We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs > | that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We > | support interoperability standards such as "Linux System Base", and > | will acce

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-12 Thread Raul Miller
> On Jan 11, 2004, at 18:06, Raul Miller wrote: > > > Debian's Social Contract with its Users On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 11:45:46AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > Our social contract seems to be with both our users and the free > software community; see 4. I agree. In fact, I've removed "wi

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-12 Thread Raul Miller
> On Jan 11, 2004, at 18:06, Raul Miller wrote: > > > Debian's Social Contract with its Users On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 11:45:46AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > Our social contract seems to be with both our users and the free > software community; see 4. I agree. In fact, I've removed "wi

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-12 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Jan 11, 2004, at 18:06, Raul Miller wrote: Debian's Social Contract with its Users Our social contract seems to be with both our users and the free software community; see 4.

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-12 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Jan 11, 2004, at 18:06, Raul Miller wrote: Debian's Social Contract with its Users Our social contract seems to be with both our users and the free software community; see 4. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-12 Thread Sven Luther
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 |This proposal replaces the amendment I submitted earlier today. This |version removes "Linux" from the title and spells out who the contract |is with. I also fix the grammatical mistake Sven found. | | |We will change the title of the social contrac

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-12 Thread Sven Luther
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 |This proposal replaces the amendment I submitted earlier today. This |version removes "Linux" from the title and spells out who the contract |is with. I also fix the grammatical mistake Sven found. | | |We will change the title of the social contrac

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, in http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2004/debian-vote-200401/msg01122.html: 5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs Should be "programs and other software". Software

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, in http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2004/debian-vote-200401/msg01122.html: 5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs Should be "programs and other software". Software

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 06:06:35PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > This proposal replaces the amendment I submitted earlier today. This > version removes "Linux" from the title and spells out who the contract > is with. I also fix the grammatical mistake Sven f

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 06:06:35PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > This proposal replaces the amendment I submitted earlier today. This > version removes "Linux" from the title and spells out who the contract > is with. I also fix the grammatical mistake Sven f

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Raul Miller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- This proposal replaces the amendment I submitted earlier today. This version removes "Linux" from the title and spells out who the contract is with. I also fix the grammatical mistake Sven found. We will change the title of the social contract to read: Deb

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Raul Miller
* Anthony Towns > > | 1. Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software > | > | We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution entirely free > | software. > | > | so that we can avoid having to claim that On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 09:04:16PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > What about th

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Raul Miller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- This proposal replaces the amendment I submitted earlier today. This version removes "Linux" from the title and spells out who the contract is with. I also fix the grammatical mistake Sven found. We will change the title of the social contract to read: Deb

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Raul Miller
* Anthony Towns > > | 1. Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software > | > | We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution entirely free > | software. > | > | so that we can avoid having to claim that On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 09:04:16PM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > What about th

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Anthony Towns | 1. Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software | | We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution entirely free | software. | | so that we can avoid having to claim that What about the Hurd and the BSDs? -- Tollef Fog Heen

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Anthony Towns | 1. Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software | | We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution entirely free | software. | | so that we can avoid having to claim that What about the Hurd and the BSDs? -- Tollef Fog Heen

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 11:57:49PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > If we're amending the social contract and keeping non-free, I think we should > amend: > > 1. Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software > > We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution entirely free > software. Good

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 01:05:00PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > It would have been helpful to describe your changes. Ok. > Are DFSG 7 and 9 also required for entry into non-free? Good point. > I oppose this proposal because it increases confusion about what is > part of the distribution and increas

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 11:57:49PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > If we're amending the social contract and keeping non-free, I think we should > amend: > > 1. Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software > > We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution entirely free > software. Good

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:26:23AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > I propose we amend section 5 of the social contract so that it reads: >[...] > If you think this is a bad idea, please explain what you see that need > to be solved, and suggest how to make it better. If we're amending the social

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Raul Miller
On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 01:05:00PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > It would have been helpful to describe your changes. Ok. > Are DFSG 7 and 9 also required for entry into non-free? Good point. > I oppose this proposal because it increases confusion about what is > part of the distribution and increas

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:26:23AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > I propose we amend section 5 of the social contract so that it reads: >[...] > If you think this is a bad idea, please explain what you see that need > to be solved, and suggest how to make it better. If we're amending the social

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-01-10 15:26:23 + Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We have created "contri

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-11 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-01-10 15:26:23 + Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We have created "contrib"

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 11:27:14AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:26:23AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > This is based on my current understanding of the issues behind the > > current discussion about non-free. > > > I propose we amend section 5 of the social contract so

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-10 Thread Raul Miller
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 11:27:14AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > Although I don't see anything wrong with your wording, I don't see what > this amendment would actually get us if it succeeded. The wording still > leaves open the question of whether "we have created [sections on > our ftp site]" m

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 11:27:14AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:26:23AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > This is based on my current understanding of the issues behind the > > current discussion about non-free. > > > I propose we amend section 5 of the social contract so

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-10 Thread Raul Miller
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 11:27:14AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > Although I don't see anything wrong with your wording, I don't see what > this amendment would actually get us if it succeeded. The wording still > leaves open the question of whether "we have created [sections on > our ftp site]" m

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-10 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:26:23AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > This is based on my current understanding of the issues behind the > current discussion about non-free. > I propose we amend section 5 of the social contract so that it reads: > 5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standard

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:26:23AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > This is based on my current understanding of the issues behind the > current discussion about non-free. > > I propose we amend section 5 of the social contract so that it reads: > > 5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Stan

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-10 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:26:23AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > This is based on my current understanding of the issues behind the > current discussion about non-free. > I propose we amend section 5 of the social contract so that it reads: > 5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standard

Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-10 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:26:23AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > This is based on my current understanding of the issues behind the > current discussion about non-free. > > I propose we amend section 5 of the social contract so that it reads: > > 5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Stan

[Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-10 Thread Raul Miller
This is based on my current understanding of the issues behind the current discussion about non-free. I propose we amend section 5 of the social contract so that it reads: 5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of prog

[Proposal] Updating the Social Contract

2004-01-10 Thread Raul Miller
This is based on my current understanding of the issues behind the current discussion about non-free. I propose we amend section 5 of the social contract so that it reads: 5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of prog