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Re: Proposal - non-free software removal



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On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 01:32:27PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 07:21:34PM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> > Pursuant to Appendix A of the Debian Constitution and the guidelines
> > offered at http://www.debian.org/vote/howto_proposal, I hereby offer
> > the following draft proposal as the beginning of a General Resolution
> > process to decide this issue.
> 
> i do NOT second this proposal.
> 
> if, however, it gains enough support that it will come to a vote, i
> propose the following amendment:
> 
> that the entire text of John Goerzen's proposal be replaced with
> 
>    "All Debian developers will be formally requested to renounce their
>    evil ways (if they have any), orphan any non-free packages they are
>    responsible for, request removal of said package(s) from the debian
>    ftp archive, and contribute their energies to free alternatives
>    instead.  This is a request, not an order - each developer will be
>    free to respond to or ignore the request as they see fit."
> 
> 
> 
> please do not second this amendment until & unless JG's proposed GR
> gains enough support to require a vote.

In the event that this counter-amendment should become active, I
propose the following amendment to it, replacing its complete text:

"Craig Sanders is a louse, and shall be crushed by a falling cow."

(Feel free to second in advance)

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