Re: RFD: amendment of Debian Social Contract
On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 20:53:40 -0800, Benj Mako Hill <mako@debian.org> said:
> The archive admins still need to answer to the project. If they
> weren't barred from removing non-free right away (which may or may
> not be case with the proposed GR, I don't claim to know) and went
> ahead anyway they would either need to be ignorant of the immensely
> controversial nature of removing non-free or simply not care. In
> either (IMHO) unlikely case, their decision could be overruled by
> the developers.
The draft so far adds no such proscription for the admins
(indeed, the whole point is to remove such a proscription).
> I think it's a little far-fetched to claim that they would move
> ahead with something so clearly controversial, public, and central
> in Debian's history without a mandate.
What do you mean, without a mandate? If the GR passes with a
landslide, woudn't that be a mandate?
>> If this proposal passes, wouldn't it be a mandate to also remove
>> non-free, and the admins shall be acting in accordance with the
>> wishes of the developers?
> Branden's justification makes it *explicitly* clear that this is not
> the case. I don't see how anyone could see that as a mandate as its
> worded and justified in a way that explicitly claims that this is
> not the case.
I don't see that in the GR. And branden's intent is
irrelevant; if the project unanimously choses to drop section 5 from
the sc, at least I would consider it as a clear indication of a
mandate.
manoj
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