Re: DFSG, GFDL, and position statementsd

[Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net>]

Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:

> On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 01:47:02PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
>> If the 3:1 requirement is to mean anything, it must mean that things
>> which explicitly *or implicitly* modify foundation documents must
>> receive a 3:1 majority.  It certainly cannot be limited only to things
>> which explicitly modify the text.
>
> How can we measure "implicitly"? Anything that is not explicit is
> obviously open to interpretation. It seems that the GFDL's problematic
> clauses, other than invariant sections, don't explicitly violate the
> DFSG.

Fortunately, we have a Secretary whose job is making that decision.