Re: Draft vote on constitutional issues
Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-05-12 at 17:06 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>> I think this is the core of the disagreement. I do not call it a
>> temporary override of a foundation document; I call it a temporary
>> practical consensus between "the needs of our users" and "the needs of
>> the free software community".
>
> I don't understand.
>
> Either Social Contract section one and the DFSG prohibit the
> distribution of a non-free blob in the release, or they do not.
This 'in the release' is bogus, I guess you mean in 'main'?
> If they prohibit it, then it is an override to distribute
> notwithstanding the prohibition.
>
> If they do not prohibit it, then no resolution is necessary.
>
> You seem to say an inconsistent thing: that they do prohibit it, and we
> can avoid that prohibition by calling it a "practical consensus" instead
> of an "override". Surely, however, it is the effect that matters, and
> not the label you give it.
Well that's the thing with goals, they are not strict rules, but we do
try to reach them (though not at all cost) ...
Cheers
Luk
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