* Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> [2005-11-12 20:42:39]: > Well, a conference that is not affiliated with Debian, such a > requirement is not tenable, that is true. But if such a conference > uses the Debian trademark, we can indeed ask that our core values, > as enshrined in our social contract, be respected. > > If there is ever a collection of papers that appear to be a > product of the Debian project, or seem to be endorsed by it, I suspect > we can ask for the spirit of the social contract be not blatantly > violated. the goal of the debian conferences is not to produce a pile of papers or other materials. it's goal is to inspire the participants to work on debian even in the coming year, give them new ideas and renew their dedication and passion to the project. If talks and papers conflict with that goal we might have to skip them. They are not the main purpose of the conference, but are supposed to serve as a tool to that end. That said, we strive for free papers and talks and discourage non-free ones strongly. We, the organizers, would like to have the freedom to use common sense and judge together if a given speaker/topic/idea who's paper's license conflicts with our requirement still can give a talk, if we think that it is worth it. Of course we will try to work together with him to find a way to license his talk/paper in a way that would fit both his and our requirements. So far it is doubtfull that that is even necessary, as last years lack of freely licensensed papers was mainly due to speakers not picking a lisense instead of them picking a non-free one. We recognized that problem and will make it easier for them to pick a free lisense by letting them pick one from a list when submitting the paper via the website.
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