Re: Non-free Proposal

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@progenylinux.com>]

Chris Lawrence <lawrencc@debian.org> writes:

> My understanding of Darren's argument is that the original proposal
> (removal of non-free) would modify the Social Contract, which is
> considered to be "constitutional" in nature (and thus requires the 3-1
> majority to be modified).  However, if aj's amendment were approved,
> the proposal would no longer amend the Social Contract and would be
> considered a normal general resolution subject to the GR rules.

aj's amendment basically does nothing :-)

However, his assumption is incorrect.  More on this later.

-- John