Le Ven 17 Mar 2023 11:21:09, bugs@gnu.support a écrit : [...] > Recommendation > -------------- [...] > Form a new group of people who are loyal to free software principle, > and I recommend those people who are already managing free software > distributions, and who are actively participating. > > Call that group somehow, like "Free Software System Distribution Council", > and set up policies, you can and should use same policies as setup by > the FSF, do not split away from free software principles. > > Setup policies how to rapidly resolve the pending cases. > > Let that group endorse Uruk and other free software system > distributions. > > Let FSF decide if to accept recommendation from "Free Software System > Distribution Council" by the pace how they think is alright, however, > keep endorsing truly free software distributions by using the new > group, the Council (or call it however you wish) that works > independently by using FSF policies, and has time and willingness to > handle those issues. > > -- > Jean
Hello Jean, all, I can see a problem with these recommendations: the only thing that tells the public that a distro follows the FSDG is the list of free distros [0], which is maintained by the FSF Licensing Team. But numerous threads on gnu-linux-libre show that we cannot count on Licensing to endorse new distros. Its priorities are elsewhere. So I think the FSF needs to delegate the _whole process_ to a group of volunteers (the Free Software System Distribution Council or whatever you call it), including the maintenance of free-distros.html. Licensing would only be involved if there is a doubt about a specific license. [0] https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html
