Note: for purposes of discussion, I will use the term "firmware" to refer to
the binary executables loaded into various peripherals by the Linux kernel.
Properly speaking these are *not* firmware -- if they have to be loaded at
every boot, they're not firm, they're just software -- but that's anot
Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 01:47:18AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
>> The project acknowledges that a lot of progress has been made with regard
>> to the removal from the distribution (main) of "software" that could be
>> considered non-free given the current wording of the Social
Frederik Schueler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 08:59:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> is to drop support (in whole or in part) for
>> Broadcom NX2, Sun Cassini(+),
Both nondistributable firmware anyway
look, what list should this discussion be on? Can someone forward
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:56:02 +0100, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
>> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Note that this is a draft, voting is not yet open. Any comments
>>> need to be in fast, though.
>
>> Could you name the amendment on the ballot, please? "
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:09:14AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> I think you're wrong here, unless you're using an unusual definition
> of "distributable". The usual definition used by debian-legal is "We have
> explicit legal permission to distribute it." If you were right, we wouldn't
> hav
Hello People at -vote,
At the mailinglist -boot was this message:
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 11:35:51AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> Joey Hess wrote:
> >
> > d-i already supports driver disks, see floppy-retriever and the code in
> > hw-detect to prompt for a driver floppy if necessary hardwar
Hi,
I have gone through the last couple of months of mail
archives, and came up with the current state of the proposals we have
before us. As I see it; there are two solid amendments, and an iffy
third one, and a slew of proposals that have not yet gathered enough
seconds to make it to
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 01:42:14PM -0500, Debian Project Secretaru wrote:
> ,
> | THE DEBIAN PROJECT therefore,
> | 1. reaffirms its dedication to providing a 100% free system to
> |our users according to our Social Contract and the DFSG; and
> | 2. encourages author
Le lun 18 septembre 2006 20:42, Debian Project Secretaru a écrit :
> GR Amendment 3: Special exception to DFSG #2 for firmware
>
> From: Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:37:20 +0200
I second that proposal made by josselin mouette ag
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 06:36:16PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> What I not have see is a voting option like
>
> [ ] Just document how to (re)build with non free drivers.
>
> I would like to see such an option. My main reason for it is
> my main reason for investing time in Debian: Free Softwa
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 01:42:14PM -0500, Debian Project Secretaru wrote:
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> ##
>GR
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:36:17 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> For the record, this is not the full text of the votable resolution
> which I proposed; the preceding text was preambulatory text, not
> rationale, and was submitted as part of the resolution itself.
Which is
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:03:11 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:32:10PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:36:17 -0700, Steve Langasek
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> > For the record, this is not the full text of the votable
>> > r
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:03:11 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:32:10PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:36:17 -0700, Steve Langasek
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> > For the record, this is not the full text of the votable
>> > r
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:03:11 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:32:10PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >> Which is it, a preamble to the resolution, or the resolution
> >> itself?
>
> > It is a preamble, a
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:32:10PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 12:36:17 -0700, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > For the record, this is not the full text of the votable resolution
> > which I proposed; the preceding text was preambulatory text, not
> > rationa
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:46:50 -0700, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:03:11 -0700, Steve Langasek
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> > On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 05:32:10PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> >> Which is it, a
Hi,
Proponents of various various amendments to the GR should feel
free to send me a couple of paragraphs in HTML markup to
introduce/explain the resolutions they are proposing. Feel free to
include external links to more extensice body of supporting material
in the paragraphs you send
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Proponents of various various amendments to the GR should feel free
> to send me a couple of paragraphs in HTML markup to
> introduce/explain the resolutions they are proposing. Feel free to
> include external links to more extensice body of supporting
Hi,
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:05:32 -0700, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Proponents of various various amendments to the GR should feel free
>> to send me a couple of paragraphs in HTML markup to
>> introduce/explain the resolutions they ar
Because there appears to be some residual confusion[1][2][3] about
what I actually proposed and its content, here is the proposal as it
currently stands. The proposal is only the content between BEGIN
PROPOSAL and END PROPOSAL.
== BEGIN PROPOSAL =
The F
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:07:18PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> == BEGIN PROPOSAL =
>
> The Free Software movement is about enabling users to modify the works
> that they use on their computer; about giving users the same
> information that copyright ho
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:27:12PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Proponents of various various amendments to the GR should feel
> free to send me a couple of paragraphs in HTML markup to
> introduce/explain the resolutions they are proposing. Feel free to
> include external l
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