Re: Updated draft of social contract changes

2004-01-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 02:21:41PM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > AIUI, LSB is a standard to ensure binary compatibility across linux > distros. This sentence would therfore seem to declare our commitment to > our users to be interoperable on the binary level -- an issue orthogonal > to how those bin

Re: Updated draft of social contract changes

2004-01-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 02:21:41PM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > AIUI, LSB is a standard to ensure binary compatibility across linux > distros. This sentence would therfore seem to declare our commitment to > our users to be interoperable on the binary level -- an issue orthogonal > to how those bin

Re: Updated draft of social contract changes

2004-01-13 Thread Joe Nahmias
Raul Miller wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 11:42:21AM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > > 5. Programs that doesn't meet our free-software standards > > > > Replace "doesn't" with "don't" or "do not" > > > > > We > > > support interoperability standards such as "Linux Standard Base",

Re: Updated draft of social contract changes

2004-01-13 Thread Joe Nahmias
Raul Miller wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 11:42:21AM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > > > 5. Programs that doesn't meet our free-software standards > > > > Replace "doesn't" with "don't" or "do not" > > > > > We > > > support interoperability standards such as "Linux Standard Base",

Re: Updated draft of social contract changes

2004-01-13 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 11:42:21AM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > Very interesting proposal. Here are some grammatical corrections. I > have some other issues with this, but I'll will address those in another > mail. Thanks for your comments! I do have one immediate question: > > 5. Programs th

Re: Updated draft of social contract changes

2004-01-13 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Raul, Very interesting proposal. Here are some grammatical corrections. I have some other issues with this, but I'll will address those in another mail. Raul Miller wrote: > Debian's Social Contract > > The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common > cause to c

Re: Updated draft of social contract changes

2004-01-13 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 11:42:21AM -0500, Joe Nahmias wrote: > Very interesting proposal. Here are some grammatical corrections. I > have some other issues with this, but I'll will address those in another > mail. Thanks for your comments! I do have one immediate question: > > 5. Programs th

Re: Updated draft of social contract changes

2004-01-13 Thread Joe Nahmias
Hello Raul, Very interesting proposal. Here are some grammatical corrections. I have some other issues with this, but I'll will address those in another mail. Raul Miller wrote: > Debian's Social Contract > > The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common > cause to c

Re: Updated draft of social contract changes

2004-01-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 12:44:35AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > Let's hold off on seconding this proposal until the 16th. There's a > non-zero chance that it will need to be changed again. ack. > "Social Contract" with the Free Software Community > > 1. Debian will remain 100% free software`

Re: Updated draft of social contract changes

2004-01-13 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 12:44:35AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > Let's hold off on seconding this proposal until the 16th. There's a > non-zero chance that it will need to be changed again. ack. > "Social Contract" with the Free Software Community > > 1. Debian will remain 100% free software`