On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 09:14:37AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 03:44:05PM +0000, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > > I think we have had enough discussion on this. I am now > > looking for seconds for this proposal, and shall make an announcement > > on -devel and -user. > > ====================================================================== > > 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, modify 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 special clause applies to the documents labelled as > > + "Foundation Documents". These documents are those > > + that are deemed to be critical to the core of the project, > > + they tend to define what the project is, and lay the > > + foundations of its structure. The developers may > > + modify a foundation document provided they agree with a 3:1 > > + majority. > > + 5.2 Initially, the list of foundation Documents consists > > + of this document, The Debian Constitution, as well as the > > + documents known as the Debian GNU/Linux Social Contract and the > > + Debian Free Software Guidelines. The list of the documents > > + that are deemed to be "Foundation Documents" may be changed > > + by the developers provided they agree with a 3:1 majority. > > 6. Together with the Project Leader and SPI, make decisions about > > property held in trust for purposes related to Debian. (See > > s.9.1.) > > ====================================================================== > > Rationale: The clause being modified has been seen recently to be quite > > ambiguous. Since the original wording appeared to be amenable to two > > wildly different interpretations, this change adds clarifying language to > > the constitution about _changing_ or withdrawing nontechnical documents. > > Additionally, this also provides for the core, or Foundation, documents of > > the project the same protection against hasty changes that the > > constitution itself enjoys. > > ====================================================================== > > Seconded. seconded by me, too. -- craig sanders
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