Re: Debian's Linux kernel continues to regress on freedom

["Miriam Ruiz" <little.miry@gmail.com>]

2007/9/12, Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>:
> [ Reply-to set to debian-project, debian-devel is not the place for such a
> discussion if people really want to have it ]
>
> On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Miriam Ruiz wrote:
> > 2007/9/12, Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>:
> > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Miriam Ruiz wrote:
> > > > 2007/9/12, John Kelly <jak@isp2dial.com>:
> > > > > An obsession with "freedom" that insists on removing RFCs from source
> > > > > tarballs, is absurd.  Why not change the contract.
> > > >
> > > > You're not talking seriously, are you?
> > >
> > > Why not? Is it difficult to acknowledge that not all people think the
> > > same? Have you noticed that none of the GR end up with 100% on one side
> > > and 0% on the other?
> >
> > So, what  exact change in the social contract are you proposing? I'm a
> > bit lost about this, then.
>
> I'm not proposing anything... I said that IMO it's not worth discussing
> it. I just wanted you to acknowledge that some people can legitimately have
> other opinions and that your question was somewhat ignoring that fact.

I never said they couldn't, did I? I was just asking if it's just an
ethereal abstract possibility that the social contract could be
possibly changed if it was decided, or it was something serious, more
than just discussing about the gender of the angels.

I agree with you, theoretically the social contract  can be changed,
as well as any other foundational document of any organization, but I
don't think it's worth discussing it unless there's a real proposal to
discuss. I was just wondering if he was being serious in proposing a
change to the social contract.

Miry

PS: I'm not subscribed to debian-project, but I'm respecting your
proposal to take this out of debian-devel, so if anyone is interested
in me reading the replies to this mail, if there are any (I don't
think it's really worth answering, I'm just explaining why  I asked
that question and that I wasn't trying to imply that people could not
have their own ideas), then please CC me.