Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-04-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Wouter Verhelst writes (Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution): Personally, I think we shouldn't be worried about the FSF's opinion regarding the freeness of our distribution any more than the FSF is worried about our opinion of the GFDL. My starting point

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-04-03 Thread Wouter Verhelst
[your mail-to-news gateway seems to keep the Newsgroup header in the mail, which confuses my MUA. Dunno if that's a bug, but you might want to look into it] On 03-04-13 14:38, Ian Jackson wrote: Wouter Verhelst writes (Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-16 Thread Gergely Nagy
Paul Tagliamonte paul...@debian.org writes: What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? I do not plan to be on the front line, but it is an important effort that must be continued. If elected, I'll make

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-15 Thread MJ Ray
Lucas Nussbaum lu...@debian.org On 14/03/13 at 12:21 -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? Actually, the FSF refers to Free System Distributions not Free Software

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-15 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/03/13 at 23:05 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? Will you treat this issue as a priority? Can

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-15 Thread Moray Allan
On 2013-03-14 19:21, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? Will you treat this issue as a priority? Can we expect continued open dialogue with the FSF on this issue? Would

[all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-14 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
Hello, DPL'ers, What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? Will you treat this issue as a priority? Can we expect continued open dialogue with the FSF on this issue? Would you be willing to help find the

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-14 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Hi Paul, On 14-03-13 17:21, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: Hello, DPL'ers, What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? For those of us who've been living with their head in the sand (or so it appears), can

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 14/03/13 at 19:14 +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: Hi Paul, On 14-03-13 17:21, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: Hello, DPL'ers, What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? For those of us who've

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-14 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi, On 14/03/13 at 12:21 -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: Hello, DPL'ers, What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? Will you treat this issue as a priority? Can we expect continued open dialogue

Re: [all candidates] Debian as an FSF Free Software Distribution

2013-03-14 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: What work will you be doing to continue Zach's efforts to negotiate with the FSF over Debian's status as a Free Software Distribution? Will you treat this issue as a priority? Can we expect continued open dialogue with the FSF on this