* Matthew Garrett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060116 12:38]: > Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [0] Including assuming dictatorial power: > > > > http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/12/the_security_th_1.html > > > > The definition of 'dictatorial' given here is worth noting, even > > if you don't read the rest of it. quis custodiet ipsos custodes?=20 > > "The very definition of a dictatorship is a system that puts a ruler > above the law". Just to clear up any conflusion, as is documented in the > Debian constitution any decision made by the DPL or any delegates > (including the mailing list admins) may be overruled by a simple > majority in a GR. I'm not quite sure how that could be considered "above > the law".
Though of course some delegates of the DPL could influence who could vote in that GR (not that I assume that the current ones would do that, but this seems to be a flaw that the constitution doesn't regulate at all how people can become and loose developer status). Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
