Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-10-01 Thread Simon Law
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:16:06PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:29:40PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: == 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election 4.1. Powers

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-29 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:16:06PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:29:40PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: == 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election 4.1. Powers

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-29 Thread Joe Nahmias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I hearby second this amendment. Joe Nahmias [EMAIL PROTECTED] Branden Robinson wrote: I propose the following amendment: - 5.2 The Foundation Documents are the works entitled Debian - Social Contract and Debian Free Software

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-28 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
I hereby second the ammendment known as BR3 Branden Robinson wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:29:40PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: == 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election 4.1. Powers

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-28 Thread Remi Vanicat
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:29:40PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: == 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 04:11:35 +0300, Richard Braakman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:16:06PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: I propose the following amendment: - 5.2 The Foundation Documents are the works entitled Debian - Social Contract and Debian Free Software

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-28 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
I hereby second the ammendment known as BR3 Branden Robinson wrote: On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:29:40PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: == 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election 4.1. Powers

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-27 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 04:11:35AM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote: Hmm, I've always thought of the DFSG as *part of* the Social Contract. The Social Contract says: As there are many definitions of free software, we include the guidelines we use to determine if software is free below.

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-27 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 04:11:35 +0300, Richard Braakman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:16:06PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: I propose the following amendment: - 5.2 The Foundation Documents are the works entitled Debian - Social Contract and Debian Free Software

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-27 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 04:11:35AM +0300, Richard Braakman wrote: Hmm, I've always thought of the DFSG as *part of* the Social Contract. The Social Contract says: As there are many definitions of free software, we include the guidelines we use to determine if software is free below.

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:16:06 -0500, Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I propose the following amendment: - 5.2 The Foundation Documents are the works entitled Debian - Social Contract and Debian Free Software Guidelines. + 5.2 The Foundation Document is the work entitled Debian +

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-26 Thread Richard Braakman
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:16:06PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: I propose the following amendment: - 5.2 The Foundation Documents are the works entitled Debian - Social Contract and Debian Free Software Guidelines. + 5.2 The Foundation Document is the work entitled Debian +

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-26 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:16:06PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: It occurs to me that there are some people who may wish to afford the Debian Social Contract the opportunity of a 25% minority veto, but not wish to extend this to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Last time I checked, the

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-26 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Branden Robinson wrote: -   5.2 The Foundation Documents are the works entitled Debian -       Social Contract and Debian Free Software Guidelines. +   5.2 The Foundation Document is the work entitled Debian +       Social Contract. I disagree. Rationale: The DFSG doesn't codify a

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:16:06 -0500, Branden Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I propose the following amendment: - 5.2 The Foundation Documents are the works entitled Debian - Social Contract and Debian Free Software Guidelines. + 5.2 The Foundation Document is the work entitled Debian +

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-26 Thread Raul Miller
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:16:06PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: It occurs to me that there are some people who may wish to afford the Debian Social Contract the opportunity of a 25% minority veto, but not wish to extend this to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Last time I checked, the

Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-26 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Branden Robinson wrote: -   5.2 The Foundation Documents are the works entitled Debian -       Social Contract and Debian Free Software Guidelines. +   5.2 The Foundation Document is the work entitled Debian +       Social Contract. I disagree. Rationale: The DFSG doesn't codify a

[AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-25 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:29:40PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: == 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election 4.1. Powers Together, the Developers may: 1. Appoint or recall the Project

[AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution

2003-09-25 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:29:40PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: == 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election 4.1. Powers Together, the Developers may: 1. Appoint or recall the Project