Seconded. On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 03:00:29AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hi, > > Indeed, I had proposed this in -project on the 19th of > July. This addresses the same ambiguity that Brandon does in his > proposal, but in a distincly different fashion. I would suggest that > this should be offered as an alternative to Brandon's proposal, if it > comes to a vote (if the rules lawyers deem that permissible). If not, > this may stand on its own (leaving open the possibility that both, > almost opposite, amendments may be accepted). > > I am now looking for seconds for this proposal. > > > ====================================================================== > 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. > ====================================================================== > > manoj > > If you are what you eat, does that mean Euell Gibbons really was a > nut? > Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> > 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E > 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.5 and Gnu Privacy Guard <http://www.gnupg.org/> > > iD8DBQE54syQIbrau78kQkwRAaMvAJwI9yVVNJB6YI8rk4389qy74NecKwCfZ+2o > rROwGOBmQeAm/ZryjdBp8z8= > =fqqJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > -- Christian Surchi | csurchi@debian.org | christian@firenze.linux.it FLUG: http://www.firenze.linux.it | Debian GNU/Linux: http://www.debian.org -----------------> http://www.firenze.linux.it/~csurchi <------------------ I love this fucking job. This job loves fucking me. -- Paul Tomblin <ptomblin@xcski.com> in a.s.r
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