Re: [AMENDMENT BR3] GR: Disambiguation of Section 4.1.5 of the constitution
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Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:29:40PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
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>>
>> 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election
>>
>> 4.1. Powers
>>
>> 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, supersede and withdraw 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 Foundation Document is a document or statement regarded as
>> + critical to the Project's mission and purposes.
>> + 5.2 The Foundation Documents are the works entitled "Debian
>> + Social Contract" and "Debian Free Software Guidelines".
>> + 5.3 A Foundation Document requires a 3:1 super-majority for its
>> + supercession. New Foundation Documents are issued and
>> + existing ones withdrawn by amending the list of Foundation
>> + Documents in this constitution.
>> 6. Together with the Project Leader and SPI, make decisions about
>> property held in trust for purposes related to Debian. (See
>> s.9.1.)
>
> Thanks for preparing this latest version, Manoj.
>
> I propose the following amendment:
>
> - 5.2 The Foundation Documents are the works entitled "Debian
> - Social Contract" and "Debian Free Software Guidelines".
> + 5.2 The Foundation Document is the work entitled "Debian
> + Social Contract".
>
> Rationale
> ---------
>
> It occurs to me that there are some people who may wish to afford the
> Debian Social Contract the opportunity of a 25% minority veto, but not
> wish to extend this to the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
seconded
- --
Remi Vanicat
vanicat@debian.org
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