Re: thoughts on potential outcomes for non-free ballot
On 2004-01-21 14:59:29 +0000 Raul Miller <moth@debian.org> wrote:
Andrew's "drop non-free" proposal:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2003/debian-vote-200312/msg00044.html
I think this will require further ballots. At the very least, he
seems
to intend a separate ballot for grammatical changes (though it's
possible
that that proposal will be included on this ballot -- see below for
that
potential outcome).
The grammatical changes seem orthogonal. I think it is wrong to
combine them with another issue, in the way your proposal does.
Also, we should probably update the DFSG to indicate that they are
"Debian's Free Software Requirements", rather than merely being
guidelines. This would also require updating the social contract and
the constitution.
This seems unneccessary. We require all software in main to meet the
guidelines, but they are not a closed list that people may seek
loopholes in.
Finally, note that software currently in main which does not satisfy
all of our guidelines will get dropped -- there will be no "fallback
position". In particular, I'm thinking of GFDL licensed
documentation,
but I can't guarantee that that's all.
This is not a change. Documentation under the current GFDL does not
meet DFSG and must be removed from debian. The location where it goes
to does not seem to have direct relevance to producing a free software
operating system.
My proposal [has not yet been introduced]:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2004/debian-vote-200401/msg01551.html
I've tried to capture our current practice in this proposal -- few
changes
should be necessary. [...]
This tries to change our current practice in some ways, such as
claiming non-free meets some DFSG. I think you have misrepresented it.
Despite a request that you describe the changes, you have reposted
many subtle variations on it without even a changelog. Further, it is
not a proposal but an amendment to the remove non-free GR. As said
above, I think it's wrong to combine wording and policy changes.
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