I second this amendment with (or without) the minor corrections suggested below. Don Armstrong On Tue, 22 Aug 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Content-Description: draft GR > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election > 4.1. Powers > Together, the Developers may: > > - 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. > > - 6. Together with the Project Leader and SPI, make decisions about > - property held in trust for purposes related to Debian. (See §9.1.) > > ======================================================================== > 4. The Developers by way of General Resolution or election > 4.1. Powers > Together, the Developers may: > + 3. Make or override any decision authorised by the powers of the Project > + Leader or a Delegate. > + 4. Make or override any decision authorised by the powers of the Technical > + Committee, provided they agree with a 2:1 majority. > > + 6. Make decisions about property held in trust for purposes > + related to Debian. (See §9.). > + 7. In case of a disagreement between the project leader and in Suggest s/in$// > + the incumbent secretary, appoint a new secretary. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 5. Project Leader > 5.1. Powers > The Project Leader may: > - 10. Together with SPI, make decisions affecting property held in trust > - for purposes related to Debian. (See §9.) > > =========================================================================== > 5. Project Leader > 5.1. Powers > The Project Leader may: > + 10. In consultation with the developers, make decisions affecting > + property held in trust for purposes related to Debian. (See > + §9.). Such decisions are announced on an electronic mailing > + list designated by the Project Leader or their Delegate(s), > + which is accessible to all developers. Major expenditures > + should be proposed and debated on the mailing list before > + funds are disbursed. > + 11. Add or remove organizations from the list of trusted > + organizations (see §9.3) that are authorized to accept and > + hold assets for Debian. The evaluation and discussion leading > + up to such a decision occurs on an electronic mailing list > + designated by the Project Leader or their Delegate(s), on > + which any developer may post. There is a minimum discussion > + period of twoo weeks before an organization may be added to s/twoo/two/ > + the list of trusted organizations. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 7. The Project Secretary > 7.2. Appointment > If the Project Leader and the current Project Secretary cannot agree > - on a new appointment they must ask the board of SPI (see §9.1.) to > - appoint a Secretary. > =========================================================================== > 7. The Project Secretary > 7.2. Appointment > If the Project Leader and the current Project Secretary cannot agree > + on a new appointment, they must ask the Developers by way of > + General Resolution to appoint a Secretary. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -9. Software in the Public Interest > > SPI and Debian are separate organisations who share some goals. Debian > - is grateful for the legal support framework offered by SPI. Debian's > - Developers are currently members of SPI by virtue of their status as > - Developers. > > - 9.1. Authority > - > - 1. SPI has no authority regarding Debian's technical or nontechnical > - decisions, except that no decision by Debian with respect to any > - property held by SPI shall require SPI to act outside its legal > - authority, and that Debian's constitution may occasionally use SPI > - as a decision body of last resort. > - 2. Debian claims no authority over SPI other than that over the use > - of certain of SPI's property, as described below, though Debian > - Developers may be granted authority within SPI by SPI's rules. > - 3. Debian Developers are not agents or employees of SPI, or of each > - other or of persons in authority in the Debian Project. A person > - acting as a Developer does so as an individual, on their own > - behalf. > > - 9.2. Management of property for purposes related to Debian > > - Since Debian has no authority to hold money or property, any donations > - for the Debian Project must be made to SPI, which manages such > - affairs. > > - SPI have made the following undertakings: > - 1. SPI will hold money, trademarks and other tangible and intangible > - property and manage other affairs for purposes related to Debian. > - 2. Such property will be accounted for separately and held in trust > - for those purposes, decided on by Debian and SPI according to this > - section. > - 3. SPI will not dispose of or use property held in trust for Debian > - without approval from Debian, which may be granted by the Project > - Leader or by General Resolution of the Developers. > - 4. SPI will consider using or disposing of property held in trust for > - Debian when asked to do so by the Project Leader. > - 5. SPI will use or dispose of property held in trust for Debian when > - asked to do so by a General Resolution of the Developers, provided > - that this is compatible with SPI's legal authority. > - 6. SPI will notify the Developers by electronic mail to a Debian > - Project mailing list when it uses or disposes of property held in > - trust for Debian. > > ======================================================================== > +9. Assets held in trust for Debian > > + In most jurisdictions around the world, the Debian project is not > + in a position to directly hold funds or other property. Therefore, > + property has to be ownedby any of a number of organisations as s/ownedby/owned by/ > + detailed in §9.2 > + > + Traditionally, SPI was the sole organisation authorized to hold > + property and monies for the Debian Project. SPI was created in > + the U.S. to hold money in trust there. > + > SPI and Debian are separate organisations who share some > goals. Debian is grateful for the legal support framework offered > + by SPI. > > + 9.1 Relationship with Associated Organizations > + > + 1. Debian Developers do not become agents or employees of > + organisations holding assets in trust for Debian, or of > + each other, or of persons in authority in the Debian Project, > + solely by the virtue of being Debian Developers. A person > + acting as a Developer does so as an individual, on their own > + behalf. Such organisations may, of their own accord, > + establish relationships with individuals who are also Debian > + developers. > > + 9.2. Authority > > + 1. An organisation holding assets for Debian has no authority > + regarding Debian's technical or nontechnical decisions, except > + that no decision by Debian with respect to any property held > + by the organisation shall require it to act outside its legal > + authority. > + 2. Debian claims no authority over an organisation that holds > + assets for Debian other than that over the use of property > + held in trust for Debian. > > + 9.3. Trusted organisations > > + Any donations for the Debian Project must be made to any one of a > + set of organisations designated by the Project leader (or a > + delegate) to be authorized to handle assets to be used for the > + Debian Project. > + > + Organisations holding assets in trust for Debian should > + undertake reasonable obligations for the handling of such > + assets. > + > + Debian maintains a public List of Trusted Organisations that > + accept donations and hold assets in trust for Debian > + (including both tangible property and intellectual property) > + that includes the commitments those organisations have made as > + to how those assets will be handled. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > manoj > > -- > The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing > programs in it. Brian Kernighan > Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> > 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more. -- Woody Allen http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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