Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-09-08 Thread Simon Josefsson
Kurt Roeckx writes: > On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 10:39:57AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: >> As far as I can tell, both Steve's and Gunnar's proposal would make >> Debian less of a free software operating system than it is today. That >> makes me sad. My preference for an outcome would be along

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Simon Josefsson (2022-09-08 11:29:07) > Russ Allbery writes: > > > Possible wording, which includes the existing option A verbatim: > > Thanks, I prefer this approach over Steve's initial proposal: it solves > the problem that we would override a foundational document with a GR >

Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-09-08 Thread Holger Levsen
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 08:31:34PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: > Yes, let's do that, thanks. So here is the adapted proposal C: > > = > > The Debian project is permitted to make distribution media (installer images > and live images) containing non-free software

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Holger Levsen
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 10:48:36AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Possible wording, which includes the existing option A verbatim: > > -- > > This ballot option supersedes the Debian Social Contract (a foundation > document)

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Simon Josefsson
Russ Allbery writes: > Possible wording, which includes the existing option A verbatim: Thanks, I prefer this approach over Steve's initial proposal: it solves the problem that we would override a foundational document with a GR without the required 3:1 majority. I'm worried that if we publish

Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-09-08 Thread Phil Morrell
On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 11:38:09AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Kurt Roeckx writes: > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 10:39:57AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > >> Thereby re-inforcing the interpretation that any installer or image with > >> non-free software on it is not part of the Debian system >

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 10:27:52AM +0100, Phil Morrell wrote: >On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 08:00:09AM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: >> Le jeudi, 8 septembre 2022, 07.14:09 h CEST Russ Allbery a écrit : >> > Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes: >> > > While we're at updating the Social Contract's article

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le jeudi, 8 septembre 2022, 07.14:09 h CEST Russ Allbery a écrit : > Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes: > > Thanks for that proposal Russ! > > > > While we're at updating the Social Contract's article 5, what about a > > more invasive cleanup, to reflect reality ? > > [...] > > > What about this

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Richard Laager
On 9/8/22 00:14, Russ Allbery wrote: With Steve's change and a few other tweaks to try to make this a bit more concise: 5. Works that do not meet our free software standards We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of works that do not conform to the Debian Free

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Philip Hands
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes: ... >> But as mentioned, I think this is probably too big of a change for this >> point in the process. (I'll still throw it out there, though, in case >> there's overwhelming sentiment the other way.) > > I disagree; this looks precisely like the change I think we

Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-09-08 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 08:31:34PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: > Yes, let's do that, thanks. So here is the adapted proposal C: > > = > > The Debian project is permitted to make distribution media (installer images > and live images) containing non-free software

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Phil Morrell
On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 08:00:09AM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le jeudi, 8 septembre 2022, 07.14:09 h CEST Russ Allbery a écrit : > > Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes: > > > While we're at updating the Social Contract's article 5, what about a > > > more invasive cleanup, to reflect reality ?

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
On 2022/09/08 11:27, Phil Morrell wrote: 5. Works that do not meet our free software standards We acknowledge that our users may require the use of works that do not conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Such packages are not part of the Debian system, but we

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 04:45:50PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote: > > As-is (that is: "changing only SC5 with a 3:1 majority") seems to be one > > very > > simple way to express the change we (some of us) want. > > It's the change we need to do in order to be consistent, so "want" is a > pretty

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Simon Josefsson
Simon Richter writes: > The reason I'm in favor of changing the SC is not that I believe it to > be a good thing, but that I think we need to stay relevant for running > on actual hardware, and changing the SC now is the only way to do so > given that the actual hardware is non-free. What has

Re: "official" image terminology Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-09-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hey Ross! On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 08:04:24AM -0700, Ross Vandegrift wrote: >On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 11:38:09AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: >> I don't think the word "official" is defined or used in any foundational >> document, nor that its meaning is well agreed on or actually helps the >>

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On 9/8/22 08:00, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: As-is (that is: "changing only SC5 with a 3:1 majority") seems to be one very simple way to express the change we (some of us) want. It's the change we need to do in order to be consistent, so "want" is a pretty strong word here. It is a

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 05:22:58PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: >Simon Richter writes: > >> The reason I'm in favor of changing the SC is not that I believe it to >> be a good thing, but that I think we need to stay relevant for running >> on actual hardware, and changing the SC now is the only

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 05:22:58PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > > The reason I'm in favor of changing the SC is not that I believe it to > > be a good thing, but that I think we need to stay relevant for running > > on actual hardware, and changing the SC now is the only way to do so > > given

"official" image terminology Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware

2022-09-08 Thread Ross Vandegrift
On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 11:38:09AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > I don't think the word "official" is defined or used in any foundational > document, nor that its meaning is well agreed on or actually helps the > discussion. I had assumed "official" was in more common usage. It seems like

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Russ Allbery
"Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)" writes: > I do think some parts are important to include though, how about: > """ > 5. Works that do not meet our free software standards > We acknowledge that our users may require the use of works that do not > conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines.

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve McIntyre writes: > On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 10:27:52AM +0100, Phil Morrell wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 08:00:09AM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: >>> As-is (that is: "changing only SC5 with a 3:1 majority") seems to be >>> one very simple way to express the change we (some of us)

Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

2022-09-08 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, 2022-09-08 at 11:55 +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote: > Such packages are not formally part of the Debian system, bug fixes > and security updates depend entirely on their upstream developers. ... > An added goal I'm trying to achieve with this change is to explain some > practical