On Wed, 5 May 2004 at 13:06:39 +0100, Andrew Suffield 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 (2004 vote 003) be immediately rescinded; 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 the following amendment, replacing the entire text of the > resolution: > > --- > The Debian project resolves that it will not compromise on freedom, > and will never knowingly issue another release (excluding point > updates to stable releases) that contains anything in the 'main' or > 'contrib' sections which is not free software according to the DFSG. > --- > > This amendment essentially reaffirms that the current text of the > social contract is what is meant, and that Debian does not cut corners > in order to release sooner. I second Andrew's proposal. -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work." -- J.R.R.T., Ainulindale (Silmarillion)
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