Question to the candidates about Debian and government

2002-03-05 Thread Dale E Martin
This is from Branden's platform: As DPL, I would like to take steps to get Debian's voice heard in the halls of government if and where appropriate, so that our ideals -- and our means of achieving them -- are not legislated out of existence by governments hostile to them (or, more likely,

Re: Question to the candidates about Debian and government

2002-03-05 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 09:46:33AM -0500, Dale E Martin écrivait: Do you have ideas about/interest in these issues? Is it Debian's role to play, or someone else's? I think that we shouldn't be a force that can influence a government or anything like that However I believe that we could

Question to the candidates about Debian and government

2002-03-05 Thread Dale E Martin
This is from Branden's platform: As DPL, I would like to take steps to get Debian's voice heard in the halls of government if and where appropriate, so that our ideals -- and our means of achieving them -- are not legislated out of existence by governments hostile to them (or, more likely,

Re: Question to the candidates about Debian and government

2002-03-05 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Le Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 09:46:33AM -0500, Dale E Martin écrivait: Do you have ideas about/interest in these issues? Is it Debian's role to play, or someone else's? I think that we shouldn't be a force that can influence a government or anything like that. However I believe that we could

Re: Question to the candidates about Debian and government

2002-03-05 Thread Bdale Garbee
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dale E Martin) writes: Do you have ideas about/interest in these issues? Is it Debian's role to play, or someone else's? My gut feeling is that this role might be more suited to SPI than Debian. Bdale