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Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 02:04:11PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > The real answer here is that we should seek a system where the most > strategically beneficial vote is the one that's also sincere. > Cloneproof SSD is supposed to provide this. If the introduction of > default options violates this

Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:53:21PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 01:21:12PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > I challenge the use of the term insincerely here. > > It's a technical term. We're asking for people to give their preferences > in a list of options; if that'

Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:34:56AM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 03:43:41PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 10:29:00 -0600, Graham Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > 2. Expand our committment to freedom beyond software. (4) > > > > Huh? We

Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 04:58:15PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 12:49:27AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > > One interesting question that arises is whether it would make sense to > > eliminate some of the complexity of the SRP in the case of a two-valued > > ballot (ratify

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:48:32PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 01:54:39PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: [...] > > > [ 1 ] Change social contract, remove non-free > > > [ 1 ] Change social contract, keep non-free [...] > Depends who they want to punt to. If they're hap

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 10:34:23PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Again, stuff in the social contract is more important than stuff not > in it. Elsewhere[1] you said: > At the moment, we basically just let the maintainers of non-free > packages do all the work -- make sure the license is okay, get

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 05:51:21PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > The same way we always have; by claiming that non-free isn't "part of > > our distribution". > > Except we're not saying "our distribution" anymore, we're using the plural. > We're also saying "100%", and "every work". There's noth

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:27:14PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Sure there is; people might legitimately want to vote: > > [ ] Change social contract, remove non-free > [ ] Change social contract, don't remove non-free > [ ] Don't change social contract, don't remove non-f

Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

2003-11-08 Thread Raul Miller
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 02:04:11PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > The real answer here is that we should seek a system where the most > strategically beneficial vote is the one that's also sincere. > Cloneproof SSD is supposed to provide this. If the introduction of > default options violates this

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Raul Miller
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 06:56:15PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Anthony's example splits a potential "change social contract" > supermajority into two, and yours splits it into three. > > This pretty much ensures the defeat of any option that requires a 3:1 > majority, and makes it extremely d

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Raul Miller
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 07:11:41PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > It seems to me, then, that we are already in practice treating non-free > as less important than the main distribution. Moreover, we have been > doing so for quite some time. > > In this sense, the removal of clause 5 from the So

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 07:51:42PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:27:14PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Sure there is; people might legitimately want to vote: > > > > [ ] Change social contract, remove non-free > > [ ] Change social contract, don't remove

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Dylan Thurston
On 2003-11-09, Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:27:14PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: >> Sure there is; people might legitimately want to vote: >> >> [ ] Change social contract, remove non-free >> [ ] Change social contract, don't remove non-free

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Raul Miller
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 02:47:40AM +, Dylan Thurston wrote: > The Standard Resolution Procedure specifies that options requiring a > supermajority need to defeat the default option by 3:1. Otherwise all > options are treated equally. Thus "splitting the vote" would only > make a difference to

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread moth
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 08:39:49PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > I urge you to consider language which allows the ftp archive maintainers > distribute non-free software from debian mirrors should they deem this a > good idea. Specifically, one which aligns with the ideals expressed in: > http://list

Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

2003-11-08 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 06:22:44PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > As a matter of practice, don't we generally distribute such CDs and > brochures freely-licensed? AFAIK, even our own logo is under a non-free license. I might be mistaken, though. (there has been an ironic comment on this matter b

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 05:51:21PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > If I were to propose a rewrite the social contract, it'd probably look > something like: [...] I wonder why nobody talks about "we will support people running LSB binaries". If I would not despise(sp?) non-free software, that would b

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2003-11-08 Thread Lionel Brewer
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Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 02:04:11PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > The real answer here is that we should seek a system where the most > strategically beneficial vote is the one that's also sincere. > Cloneproof SSD is supposed to provide this. If the introduction of > default options violates this

Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:53:21PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 01:21:12PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > I challenge the use of the term insincerely here. > > It's a technical term. We're asking for people to give their preferences > in a list of options; if that'

Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:34:56AM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 03:43:41PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 10:29:00 -0600, Graham Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > 2. Expand our committment to freedom beyond software. (4) > > > > Huh? We

Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 04:58:15PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 12:49:27AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > > One interesting question that arises is whether it would make sense to > > eliminate some of the complexity of the SRP in the case of a two-valued > > ballot (ratify

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:48:32PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 01:54:39PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: [...] > > > [ 1 ] Change social contract, remove non-free > > > [ 1 ] Change social contract, keep non-free [...] > Depends who they want to punt to. If they're hap

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 10:34:23PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Again, stuff in the social contract is more important than stuff not > in it. Elsewhere[1] you said: > At the moment, we basically just let the maintainers of non-free > packages do all the work -- make sure the license is okay, get

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 05:51:21PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > The same way we always have; by claiming that non-free isn't "part of > > our distribution". > > Except we're not saying "our distribution" anymore, we're using the plural. > We're also saying "100%", and "every work". There's noth

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:27:14PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > Sure there is; people might legitimately want to vote: > > [ ] Change social contract, remove non-free > [ ] Change social contract, don't remove non-free > [ ] Don't change social contract, don't remove non-f

Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

2003-11-08 Thread Raul Miller
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 02:04:11PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > The real answer here is that we should seek a system where the most > strategically beneficial vote is the one that's also sincere. > Cloneproof SSD is supposed to provide this. If the introduction of > default options violates this

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Raul Miller
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 06:56:15PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Anthony's example splits a potential "change social contract" > supermajority into two, and yours splits it into three. > > This pretty much ensures the defeat of any option that requires a 3:1 > majority, and makes it extremely d

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Raul Miller
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 07:11:41PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > It seems to me, then, that we are already in practice treating non-free > as less important than the main distribution. Moreover, we have been > doing so for quite some time. > > In this sense, the removal of clause 5 from the So

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 07:51:42PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:27:14PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Sure there is; people might legitimately want to vote: > > > > [ ] Change social contract, remove non-free > > [ ] Change social contract, don't remove

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Dylan Thurston
On 2003-11-09, Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:27:14PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: >> Sure there is; people might legitimately want to vote: >> >> [ ] Change social contract, remove non-free >> [ ] Change social contract, don't remove non-free

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Raul Miller
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 02:47:40AM +, Dylan Thurston wrote: > The Standard Resolution Procedure specifies that options requiring a > supermajority need to defeat the default option by 3:1. Otherwise all > options are treated equally. Thus "splitting the vote" would only > make a difference to

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread moth
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 08:39:49PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > I urge you to consider language which allows the ftp archive maintainers > distribute non-free software from debian mirrors should they deem this a > good idea. Specifically, one which aligns with the ideals expressed in: > http://list

Re: GRs, irrelevant amendments, and insincere voting

2003-11-08 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 06:22:44PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > As a matter of practice, don't we generally distribute such CDs and > brochures freely-licensed? AFAIK, even our own logo is under a non-free license. I might be mistaken, though. (there has been an ironic comment on this matter b

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 05:51:21PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > If I were to propose a rewrite the social contract, it'd probably look > something like: [...] I wonder why nobody talks about "we will support people running LSB binaries". If I would not despise(sp?) non-free software, that would b

Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract

2003-11-08 Thread Raul Miller
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 05:51:21PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > If I were to propose a rewrite the social contract, it'd probably look > > something like: > [...] On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 05:28:31AM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > I wonder why nobody talks about "we will support people running L