Seconded. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 10:59:31PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi folks, > > Here is my amended proposal, further changed by incorporating > Branden's suggestions. Would the sponsors of my proposal approve of > this changed wording? (New sponsors are also welcome for second this > modified proposal). > > manoj > > ====================================================================== > > 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 Foundation Document is a document or statement regarded as > + critical to the Project's mission and purposes. > + 5.2 The Foundation Documents are the works entitled "Debian > + Social Contract" and "Debian Free Software Guidelines". > + 5.3 A Foundation Document requires a 3:1 supermajority for its > + supercession. New Foundation Documents are issued and > + existing ones withdrawn by amending the list of Foundation > + Documents in this constitution. > 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 to be quite > ambiguous. Since the original wording appeared to be amenable to two > wildly different interpretations, this change adds clarifying the > language in the constitution about _changing_ non technical > documents. Additionally, this also provides for the core documents of > the project the same protection against hasty changes that the > constitution itself enjoys. > ====================================================================== > -- > Software entities are more complex for their size than perhaps any > other human construct because no two parts are alike. If they are, we > make the two similar parts into a subroutine -- open or closed. In > this respect, software systems differ profoundly from computers, > buildings, or automobiles, where repeated elements abound. Fred > Brooks, Jr. > 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
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