I second the same proposal aswell. On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 01:39:41PM -0500, Stephen R. Gore wrote: > Seconded. > > John Goerzen wrote: > > ------ > > Debian General Resolution > > > > Resolved: > > > > A. That the Debian Social Contract with the Free Software Community be > > amended as follows: > > > > 1. That text of Section 5 be modified to read: "We acknowledge that > > some of our users require the use of programs that don't conform to > > the Debian Free Software Guidelines. While we will not distribute > > such software itself, we have created areas in our archive for > > packages that help install or otherwise requre this software. The > > software in these areas is not part of the Debian system, although > > it has been configured for use with Debian." The title of > > Section 5 shall be modified to read: "We will support users of our > > system who develop or run non-free software." > > > > 2. That Section 1 be amended such that the final sentence reads: "We > > will neither distribute nor make the system depend upon an item of > > non-free software." > > > > B. That the non-free areas be removed from current Debian archives, > > and that all packages so placed there in accordance with the > > definition in Policy section 2.1.4 be removed from the Distribution > > and archives. The introduction into the Debian Distribution or the > > Debian archives of any package meeting the non-free definition in > > Policy section 2.1.4, or failing the Debian Free Software Guidelines, > > shall be forbidden. > > > > C. That the maintainer of the Debian Policy Manual, or an appointee of > > the Debian Project Leader, be directed to update that manual > > respective of the changes to the Project and general Project policy > > detailed in sections A and B above. > > > > D. That the maintainers of the Debian archives and website, or an > > appointee of the Debian Project Leader, be directed to implement the > > changes to the Debian archives and website to reflect the changes to > > Debian enacted by the foregoing clauses in this Resolution. > > > > E. That the disposition of the non-free areas in historical, released, > > and frozen Debian Distrubutions and archives shall be determined per > > the Debian Constitution. > > > > -------- end of Resolution -------- > > > > Branden Robinson's assistance with this revision is greatfully > > acknowledged. > > > > -- > > John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> www.complete.org > > Sr. Software Developer, Progeny Linux Systems, Inc. www.progenylinux.com > > #include <std_disclaimer.h> <jgoerzen@progenylinux.com> > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` bcollins@debian.org -- bcollins@openldap.org -- bcollins@linux.com ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
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