On Thu, Jul 13, 2000 at 01:49:01AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Well, since I have recieved only positive responses, how about
> this draft rewording of section 4.1.5 of the constitution.
[snip]
> + 5. Issue and modify nontechnical policy documents and statements.
> + These include documents describing the goals of the project, its
> + relationship with other free software entities, and nontechnical
> + policies such as the free software licence terms that Debian
> + software must meet. A special clause applies to the documents
> + known as the Debian GNU/Linux Social Contract and the
> + Debian Free Software Guidelines: the developers may modify
> + these foundation documents provided they agree with a 3:1 majority.
> + They may also include position statements about issues of the day.
Perhaps this concept could be generalised to mention 'Foundational
Documents' or similar? The extra generality may just be a waste of
legalese, but these could include the social contract, the DFSG and
the constitution, and a new document could be voted into this class at
the same majority.
Jules
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