Re: Constitutional, Parliamentary Issues (was Re: CFV: on-freearchive removal)
IANADD!
On Tue, Jul 18, 2000 at 11:34:19AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Together, the Developers may:
> 1. Appoint or recall the Project Leader.
> 2. Amend this constitution, provided they agree with a 3:1 majority.
> 3. Override any decision by the Project Leader or a Delegate.
> 4. Override any decision by the Technical Committee, provided they
> agree with a 2:1 majority.
> - 5. Issue nontechnical policy documents and statements.
> - These include documents describing the goals of the project, its
> - relationship with other free software entities, and nontechnical
> - policies such as the free software licence terms that Debian
> - software must meet.
> - They may also include position statements about issues of the day.
> + 5. Issue and modify nontechnical policy documents and statements.
> + These include documents describing the goals of the project, its
> + relationship with other free software entities, and nontechnical
> + policies such as the free software licence terms that Debian
> + software must meet.
> + They may also include position statements about issues of the day.
> + 5.1 A special clause applies to the documents labelled as
> + "Foundation Documents". These documents are those
> + that are deemed to be critical to the core of the project,
> + they tend to define what the project is, and lay the
> + foundations of its structure. The developers may
> + modify a foundation document provided they agree with a 3:1
> + majority.
> + 5.2 Initially, the list of foundation Documents consists
> + of this document, The Debian Constitution, as well as the
> + documents known as the Debian GNU/Linux Social Contract and the
> + Debian Free Software Guidelines. The list of the documents
> + that are deemed to be "Foundation Documents" may be changed
> + by the developers provided they agree with a 3:1 majority.
> 6. Together with the Project Leader and SPI, make decisions about
> property held in trust for purposes related to Debian. (See
> s.9.1.)
IMVeryHumbleO this is needlessly wordy, redundant, not aesthetically
pleasing, and in the wrong part of the constitution. No offense. :)
If you want the SC and the DFSG to have the same status as the
constitution, then just do this...
Together, the Developers may:
1. Appoint or recall the Project Leader.
- 2. Amend this constitution, provided they agree with a 3:1 majority.
+ 2. Amend this constitution, the Debian GNU/Linux Social Contract,
+ and/or the Debian Free Software Guidelines, provided they agree with
+ a 3:1 majority.
3. Override any decision by the Project Leader or a Delegate.
4. Override any decision by the Technical Committee, provided they
agree with a 2:1 majority.
5. Issue nontechnical policy documents and statements.
These include documents describing the goals of the project, its
- relationship with other free software entities, and nontechnical
- policies such as the free software licence terms that Debian
- software must meet.
+ relationship with other free software entities, and other
+ nontechnical policies.
They may also include position statements about issues of the day.
At first I thought "and/or" was awkward, but the constitution uses it
six times, so it's not a problem. :)
There's also the totally separate issue of the SC referring to
GNU/Linux, when Debian is now venturing into Hurd territory...
brian
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