Re: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project
* Manoj Srivastava (srivasta@debian.org) [060721 03:21]:
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> 5. Project Leader
> 5.1. Powers
> The Project Leader may:
> - 10. Together with SPI, make decisions affecting property held in trust
> - for purposes related to Debian. (See §9.)
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> 5. Project Leader
> 5.1. Powers
> The Project Leader may:
> + 10. In consultation with the developers, make decisions affecting
> + property held in trust for purposes related to Debian. (See
> + §9.). Such decisions are made by announcement on a
> + publicly-readable electronic mailing list designated by the
> + Project Leader's Delegate(s); any Developer may post there.
This is a different change. E.g. know the DPL/Delegates could do
decisions without posting to a public mailing list, which wouldn't work
after this change. Of course, important decisions should always happen
in public, but I e.g. don't mind if Debian decides to pay a few euro to
buy a new NIC card for a server.
> +9. Assets held in trust for Debian
>
> + Debian has no legal presence in any country worldwide, and as such
See Ian's comments on "presence" - and BTW it is not true that Debian is
not a legal entity, but I don't mind too much.
> + cannot maintain any money or other property. Therefore, property will
... property directly. ?
> + have to be maintained by any of a number of organizations as detailed in
> + §9.2
> + 9.2. Authority
>
> + 1. An organization holding assets for Debian has no authority
> + regarding Debian's technical or nontechnical decisions, except
> + that no decision by Debian with respect to any property held
> + by the organization shall require it to act outside its legal
> + authority. An exception is that Debian's constitution may
> + occasionally use SPI as a decision body of last resort.
> + 2. Debian claims no authority over an organization that holds
> + assets for Debian other than that over the use of property
> + held in trust for Debian. Debian Developers may be granted
> + authority within such an organization, subject to the
> + organizations decision and rules.
Hm, there are perhaps organizations that give Debian more influence.
I read this change as that this wouldn't be an issue (but we just don't
enforce this).
> + 9.3. Management of property for purposes related to Debian
>
> + Debian has no authority to hold money or property, any
> + donations for the Debian Project must be made to any one of a set
> + of organizations designated by the Project leader (or a delegate)
> + to be authorized to handle such things in name of the Debian
> + project. Such authorization, or its withdrawal, and annual reports
> + of activities by such organizations on behalf of Debian must be
> + published by announcement on a publicly-readable electronic
> + mailing list designated by the Project Leader or their Delegate(s);
> + any Developer may post there.
That's a new thing which wasn't the case up to now, at least not for
!spi.
Cheers,
Andi
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