Re: Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-12 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 11 Feb 2006, Jérôme Marant spake thusly: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On 11 Feb 2006, Jérôme Marant outgrape: >> >>> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >> On 9 Feb 2006, Jérôme Marant spake thusly: >>> The only people it made happy are extremists. >

Re: Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-12 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
2006/2/11, Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > There isn't anything to do with politess. If I hurted you, them please > accept my apologies. But I'm frank enough to express my view as I > feel them. As a non-native English speaker, the vocabulary might > not always be appropriate. Hmm, you should

Re: Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 11 Feb 2006, Jérôme Marant outgrape: > >> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > On 9 Feb 2006, Jérôme Marant spake thusly: >> The only people it made happy are extremists. >>> >>> Oh, so I am extremist now. By believing that al

Re: Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 11 Feb 2006, Jérôme Marant stated: > Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Would you please tell me how necessary it is to modify RMS essays, >>> the GNU Manifesto, and so on, and how removing them from Emacs >>> will make Debian m

Re: Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Would you please tell me how necessary it is to modify RMS essays, the >> GNU Manifesto, and so on, and how removing them from Emacs will make >> Debian more free? I'm afraid it sounds ideological. >

Re: Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 11 Feb 2006, Jérôme Marant outgrape: > Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 9 Feb 2006, Jérôme Marant spake thusly: > The only people it made happy are extremists. >> >> Oh, so I am extremist now. By believing that all bits >> modifiable by the computer are software? And

Re: Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would you please tell me how necessary it is to modify RMS essays, the > GNU Manifesto, and so on, and how removing them from Emacs will make > Debian more free? I'm afraid it sounds ideological. Actually, I'd rather we could keep them. And we do have

Re: Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-11 Thread Jérôme Marant
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>On 9 Feb 2006, Jérôme Marant spake thusly: The only people it made happy are extremists. > > Oh, so I am extremist now. By believing that all bits > modifiable by the computer are software? And the overwhelming Yes, I think it is an

Re: Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2006-02-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On 9 Feb 2006, Marco d'Itri spake thusly: >On Feb 09, Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Moreover, while I think a majority of the developers are surely >> honorable, this is not true of everyone. Now that this is the *third* >> time we are being asked to vote on essentially the sa

Results for the Editorial changes to the Social Contract GR

2004-04-25 Thread Debian Project Secretary
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, At this point, with 244 ballots resulting in 216 votes from 214 developers, "Choice 1: Change the Social Contract [3:1 majority needed]" has carried the day., with a 4.462:1majority, well over the 3:1 needed. The list of voters

Results for the Editorial changes to the Social Contract GR

2004-04-25 Thread Debian Project Secretary
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, At this point, with 244 ballots resulting in 216 votes from 214 developers, "Choice 1: Change the Social Contract [3:1 majority needed]" has carried the day., with a 4.462:1majority, well over the 3:1 needed. The list of voters

Re: Second Call for Votes: General resolution - Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2004-04-23 Thread Christophe Prud'homme
Sunday, April 11th, 23:59:59 UTC, 2004 | Votes must be received by Sunday, April 25st, 23:59:59 UTC, 2004 | | The following ballot is for voting on a General Resolution to add | editorial changes to the Social Contract. The vote is being conducted | in accordance with the policy delineated in

Re: Second Call for Votes: General resolution - Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2004-04-23 Thread Christophe Prud'homme
Sunday, April 11th, 23:59:59 UTC, 2004 | Votes must be received by Sunday, April 25st, 23:59:59 UTC, 2004 | | The following ballot is for voting on a General Resolution to add | editorial changes to the Social Contract. The vote is being conducted | in accordance with the policy delineated in

Re: Second Call for Votes: General resolution - Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2004-04-20 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [ ] Choice 1: Change the Social Contract [3:1 majority needed] [ 1 ] Choice 2: Further Discussion -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - --

Re: Second Call for Votes: General resolution - Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2004-04-20 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [ ] Choice 1: Change the Social Contract [3:1 majority needed] [ 1 ] Choice 2: Further Discussion -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - --

Second Call for Votes: General resolution - Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2004-04-19 Thread Debian Project Secretary
Votes must be received by Sunday, April 25st, 23:59:59 UTC, 2004 The following ballot is for voting on a General Resolution to add editorial changes to the Social Contract. The vote is being conducted in accordance with the policy delineated in Section A, Standard Resolution Procedure, of the

Second Call for Votes: General resolution - Editorial changes to the Social Contract

2004-04-19 Thread Debian Project Secretary
Votes must be received by Sunday, April 25st, 23:59:59 UTC, 2004 The following ballot is for voting on a General Resolution to add editorial changes to the Social Contract. The vote is being conducted in accordance with the policy delineated in Section A, Standard Resolution Procedure, of the