On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 11:03:47AM +0100, Daniel Ruoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > As I understand Debian's view on Free Software did not change, and as > the firmware split is, indeed, an unsolved question, I think a more > honest position would be to accept that we couldn't deal with the > firmware issue in the timeframe for etch. > > As the question itself seems quite immature (including the question > about the freeness of sourceless firmware), and, as we want to release > etch in time, I think the most sane thing to do is to say: "Hey, we > couldn't deal with this issue but we do want to release etch in time" > and mature the question without the time pressure for releasing etch. > > I propose the following option to the GR: > > <PROPOSAL> > The Debian Project reaffirms its commitment of providing a 100% free > operating system, and reaffirms the decisions taken by GR 2004-03, but > some technical issues regarding firmware couldn't be solved in the > timeframe to release etch, and, therefore, the next Debian release, > codename etch, will still contain sourceless/non-free firmwares. The > Debian Project apologize for this, and will continue to work on finding > a way to solve this issue. > </PROPOSAL>
I'd add something to say that this is *really* the last time we postpone the fixing of the issue and that no further GR should change that. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
