On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 02:56:09PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 07:28:11PM -0500, Debian Project Secretary wrote: > > At this point, with 244 ballots resulting in 216 votes from > > 214 developers, "Choice 1: Change the Social Contract [3:1 majority > > needed]" has carried the day., with a 4.462:1 majority, well over the > > 3:1 needed. > > The Social Contract now states: > > ] 1. Debian will remain 100% free > ] > ] We provide the guidelines that we use to determine if a work is "free" > ] in the document entitled "The Debian Free Software Guidelines". We > ] promise that the Debian system and all its components will be free > ] according to these guidelines. We will support people who create or > ] use both free and non-free works on Debian. We will never make the > ] system require the use of a non-free component. > > As this is no longer limited to "software", and as this decision was > made by developers after and during discussion of how we should consider > non-software content such as documentation and firmware, I don't believe > I can justify the policy decisions to exempt documentation, firmware, > or content any longer, as the Social Contract has been amended to cover > all these areas. > > As such, I can see no way to release sarge without having all these > things removed from the Debian system -- ie main.
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