Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-17 Thread Andreas Metzler
Debian Project secretary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:40:20 +0100, Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> [[PGP Signed Part:Failed] Signature made Fri Jan 13 02:21:11 2006 >>> CST using DSA key ID 330C4A75 Good signature

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-15 Thread Debian Project secretary
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:40:20 +0100, Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [[PGP Signed Part:Failed] Signature made Fri Jan 13 02:21:11 2006 >> CST using DSA key ID 330C4A75 Good signature from "Martin F. Krafft >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" aka "Mart

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-15 Thread Michael Banck
On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 11:30:55PM +0100, Bill Allombert wrote: > This requirement is extremly costly for anyone attempting to > distribute Sarge either as a mirror or as an ISO image. Can you point to testimony of people actually hindered by this? Michael -- Michael Banck Debian Developer [EM

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-15 Thread Bill Allombert
On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:55:43AM +0100, Adeodato Sim?? wrote: > As I expect that at least one of the seconds/proposer will object to > this amendment (heh), I'm actively looking for seconds myself now. I personally object to this because I find actually what you call bugs to be much more pra

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-15 Thread Andreas Metzler
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [[PGP Signed Part:Failed] > Signature made Fri Jan 13 02:21:11 2006 CST using DSA key ID 330C4A75 > Good signature from "Martin F. Krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" >aka "Martin F. Krafft (AERAsec GmbH) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" >ak

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-14 Thread Bill Allombert
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 12:09:49AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Adeodato Sim? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.01.10.0455 +0100]: > > Formally, the Debian Project will include in the main section of > > its distribution works licensed under the GNU Free Documentation > > Lice

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-13 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, [[PGP Signed Part:Failed] Signature made Fri Jan 13 02:21:11 2006 CST using DSA key ID 330C4A75 Good signature from "Martin F. Krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" aka "Martin F. Krafft (AERAsec GmbH) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" aka "Martin F. Krafft (Debian) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-13 Thread Russ Allbery
Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Merle Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Would ftpmasters and mirror operators be able to "either include a >> machine-readable Transparent copy along with each Opaque copy, or [...] >> ensure that this Transparent copy will remain thus accessible at t

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-13 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Esteban Manchado Velázquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-13 09:26]: > I second Adeodato Simó's amendment: I hereby second this proposal as well. > On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:55:43AM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > I propose an amendment to this GR, consisting in replacing the > > existing te

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-13 Thread Matthew Garrett
Merle Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would ftpmasters and mirror operators be able to "either include a > machine-readable Transparent copy along with each Opaque copy, or > [...] ensure that this Transparent copy will remain thus accessible > at the stated location until at least one year aft

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-13 Thread MJ Ray
Adeodato =?utf-8?B?U2ltw7M=?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Right, FSF stuff goes away. OTOH, I feel utterly ashamed each time I > imagine the possibility of the following conversation taking place: > =C2=ABHey, fellow free software developer, thanks for writing such a cool > program and releasing it under

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-13 Thread Moritz Muehlenhoff
In linux.debian.vote Adeodato wrote: > I propose an amendment to this GR, consisting in replacing the > existing text with the one below. I initially tried to follow > Anthony's original text as close as possible, and just add a paragraph > and reword a couple sentences, but I didn't quite

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-13 Thread Esteban Manchado Velázquez
I second Adeodato Simó's amendment: On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:55:43AM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > I propose an amendment to this GR, consisting in replacing the > existing text with the one below. I initially tried to follow > Anthony's original text as close as possible, and just add a p

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-13 Thread Christian Perrier
I hereby second this proposal. I actually have yet to read both the original proposal and dato's amended proposal but I have read enough to decide that having two proposals in the vote will better help Debian developers to vote for the one which fits their own thoughts. So, in short, I don't know

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-13 Thread martin f krafft
Thanks to Luk for setting things straight. I hereby second Dato's proposal, which is included in full below. also sprach Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.01.10.0455 +0100]: > > It's been six months since the social contract changes that forbid > > non-free documentation went into effect [0]

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
Seconded. > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:55:43AM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > > Debian and the GNU Free Documentation License > > > = > > > > > > This is the position of Debian Project about the GNU Free > > > Documentation License as published by the

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 12:33:36AM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > And please, I don't want to see answers saying that the documentation > can be put in non-free, because, due the the debian policy, `kde` > meta-package (same is true for gnome) beeing in main, cannot depend > upon the non free k

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:55:43AM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > I propose an amendment to this GR, consisting in replacing the > existing text with the one below. I initially tried to follow Seconded. Hamish > ---8<--- > > Deb

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le Ven 13 Janvier 2006 00:09, martin f krafft a écrit : > also sprach Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.01.10.0455 +0100]: > > Formally, the Debian Project will include in the main section > > of its distribution works licensed under the GNU Free Documentation > > License that include n

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Luk Claes
martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.01.10.0455 +0100]: > >> Formally, the Debian Project will include in the main section of >> its distribution works licensed under the GNU Free Documentation >> License that include no Invariant Sections, no Co

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.01.10.0455 +0100]: > Formally, the Debian Project will include in the main section of > its distribution works licensed under the GNU Free Documentation > License that include no Invariant Sections, no Cover Texts, no > Acknowl

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le Jeu 12 Janvier 2006 22:28, Christopher Martin a écrit : > I second the proposal quoted below. and I do the same. > On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:55:43AM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > Debian and the GNU Free Documentation License > > = > > > > This is

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:53:04PM +0100, Roland Mas wrote: > Having invariant sections (or any other non-free stuff) in main could > be seen as a betrayal of the people who chose the license. This is not about invariant sections. This is about the other bugs in the GFDL the FSF has not fixed (ye

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Christopher Martin
I second the proposal quoted below. I'm following debian-vote through the archives, so if you wish to reply or comment to me specifically, CC me. Christopher Martin On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:55:43AM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > Debian and the GNU Free Documentation License > =

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Roland Mas
Adeodato Simó, 2006-01-12 15:10:40 +0100 : [...] > (Or in other words: perhaps it's only me, okay, but I can't help, > at all, feel that ripping out of main documentation that their > authors intended to be free, and made their best-effort to achieve > that, like a form of betrayal. Apolo

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 03:06:49PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Anthony Towns [Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:45:19 +1000]: > > > What documents would this effort actually let us keep, anyway? All the > > FSF stuff for glibc, gcc, make and so on includes invariant sections > > anyway, no? > > Right, FS

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Roger Leigh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "Bernhard R. Link" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060112 15:09]: >> (Or in other words: perhaps it's only me, okay, but I can't help, at >> all, feel that ripping out of main documentation that their authors >>

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 03:06:49PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Anthony Towns [Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:45:19 +1000]: > > What documents would this effort actually let us keep, anyway? All the > > FSF stuff for glibc, gcc, make and so on includes invariant sections > > anyway, no? > Right, FSF stuf

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060112 15:09]: > (Or in other words: perhaps it's only me, okay, but I can't help, at > all, feel that ripping out of main documentation that their authors > intended to be free, and made their best-effort to achieve that, like > a form of betrayal. It

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Anthony Towns [Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:45:19 +1000]: > What documents would this effort actually let us keep, anyway? All the > FSF stuff for glibc, gcc, make and so on includes invariant sections > anyway, no? Right, FSF stuff goes away. OTOH, I feel utterly ashamed each time I imagine the pos

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-12 Thread Adeodato Simó
* MJ Ray [Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:24:52 +]: > Also, this fails to address the security ban and the forced > Transparent downloads/availability. 'Cause this amendment is not about trying to engage in legal-type discussion about whether those two can be work-arounded or not. It's: "we regard

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-11 Thread MJ Ray
Adeodato Sim=C3=B3 >Formally, the Debian Project will include in the main section of >its distribution works licensed under the GNU Free Documentation >License that include no Invariant Sections, no Cover Texts, no >Acknowledgements, and no Dedications, unless permission to remove >

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-10 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 02:42:00AM +0100, Adeodato Sim?? wrote: > * Anthony Towns [Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:24:47 +1000]: > > > II. Transparent And Opaque Copies > > The way we distribute source and binaries doesn't meet this requirement; > Well, this assuming that distributing the source in the same

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-10 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Anthony Towns [Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:24:47 +1000]: > On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:55:43AM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > > II. Transparent And Opaque Copies > > Section 3 (Copying in Quantity) of the GFDL states that it is not > > enough to just put a transparent copy of a document alongside wi

Re: Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-09 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 04:55:43AM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > I propose an amendment to this GR, consisting in replacing the > existing text with the one below. (The purpose being to indicate the GFDL only needs to be in non-free due to invariant sections. This would be nice if it were tru

Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-09 Thread Adeodato Simó
[Apologies for the previous empty mail. Key hiccup.] * Anthony Towns [Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:02:04 +1000]: > It's been six months since the social contract changes that forbid > non-free documentation went into effect [0], and we're still distributing > GFDLed stuff in unstable [1]. I think we shoul

Amendment: invariant-less in main (Re: GR Proposal: GFDL statement)

2006-01-09 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Anthony Towns [Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:02:04 +1000]: > It's been six months since the social contract changes that forbid > non-free documentation went into effect [0], and we're still distributing > GFDLed stuff in unstable [1]. I think we should get serious about fixing > that, and as part of that