On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 01:47:57PM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 10:09:36PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 09:45:18AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 08:41:35PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > The Debian Project, > > > > affirming its committment to principles of freeness for all works it > > > > distributes, > > > > but recognizing that changing the Social Contract today would have grave > > > > consequences for the upcoming stable release, a fact which does not > > > > serve our goals or the interests of our users, > > > > hereby resolves: > > > > 1. that the amendments to the Social Contract contained within the > > > > General Resolution "Editorial Amendments To The Social Contract" > > > > (2004 vote 003) be immediately rescinded; > > > > 2. that these amendments, which have already been ratified by the Debian > > > > Project, will be reinstated effective as of September 1, 2004 without > > > > further cause for deliberation. > > > i propose an amendment that deletes everything but clause 1 of this proposal, > > > so that the entire proposal now reads: > > > that the amendments to the Social Contract contained within the > > > General Resolution "Editorial Amendments To The Social Contract" > > > (2004 vote 003) be immediately rescinded. > > I do, of course, reject this amendment. :) > the problem with your (unamended) proposal is that it is unprincipled and > unethical. my amendment fixes that. I'm sorry, you seem to have mistaken the smile in my previous message for an invitation for you to continue being a prat in public. Please allow me to clarify: the smiley was directed at those sensible folks who can appreciate the humor of explicitly rejecting such an obviously incompatible amendment, which disqualifies you on two counts. > while the Knights Lunar like to pretend that they are Holier Than Stallman, > they have little understanding of ethics or principles, and have no regard for > the consequences of their ill-considered jihad. I shall take your word for it, as you do certainly appear to be the foremost authority on the Knights Lunar. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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