Hi, to me, and it seems other, too, Manoj's amendment seemed clear. However, Sven Luther has pointed out some points that could in fact be clearer, and has also suggested to take http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel/people/jurij/firmware-position-statement.txt?op=file&sc=1 into account. I'll try to suggest some changes in wording to Manoj's text that try to address these issues.
This is not a formal amemdment. Rather, I'd like to openly discuss the text. > The following is the full text of my Amendment > ,---- > | 1. We affirm that our Priorities are our users and the free software > | community (Social Contract #4); > | 2. We acknowledge that there is a lot of progress in the kernel > | firmware issue; however, it is not yet finally sorted out; > | 3. We assure the community that there will be no regressions in > | the progress made for freedom in the kernel distributed by > | Debian relative to the Sarge release in Etch > | 4. We give priority to the timely release of Etch over sorting every -> | bit out; for this reason, we will treat removal of sourceless + | bit out; for this reason, we will treat removal of non-free > | firmware as a best-effort process, and deliver firmware in udebs as > | long as it is necessary for installation (like all udebs), and -> | firmware included in the kernel itself as part of Debian Etch, -> | as long as we are legally allowed to do so, and the firmware is -> | distributed upstream under a license that complies with the DFSG. + | firmware included in the kernel itself as part of Debian Etch. + | We allow inclusion into etch even if the way we distribute the + | firmware leads to a violation of the license, if the current + | license does not allow modification, or if there is no source + | available. However, we still require that the firmware has a + | license that, in principle, allows distribution (possibly under + | conditions we currently cannot fully meet). > `---- What do you think? Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
