Hi,
I propose the following General Resolution. If you wish to second only one
or two of the options, please indicate which ones clearly, so the Secretary
can account them separately.
Note: Both options are only concerned with resolving the DFSG enforceability
problem in long-term. Therefore they don't take any effect untill after
Lenny has been released (I just proposed a separate GR for deciding how
we deal with this problem in Lenny).
Option 1 (set an upper limit)
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The developers resolve that the following rule shall take effect inmediately
after Lenny is released:
When ever a package in Debian is found to have been violating the DFSG for
180 days or more, and none of the solutions that have been implemented (if
any) is considered suitable by the maintainers, the package must be moved
from Debian ("main" suite) to the Non-free repository ("non-free" suite).
The action of moving it may be performed by any of the developers (however,
moving packages in distributions other than "unstable" or "experimental" may
still require approval by the corresponding Release Team). When this happens,
any known DFSG violation in the package must be resolved before the package
can be moved back into Debian.
Option 2 (set an upper limit, make this part of the SC)
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The developers resolve that, inmediately after Lenny is released, the Social
Contract shall be ammended as follows:
--- social_contract.wml 22 Nov 2007 03:15:39 -0000 1.23
+++ social_contract.wml 27 Oct 2008 15:52:14 -0000
@@ -31,6 +31,24 @@ the free software community as the basis
free and non-free works on Debian. We will never make the
system require the use of a non-free component.
</p>
+ <p>
+ In order to ensure continued compliance with this promise, the
+ following rule is to be followed:
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ When ever a package in Debian is found to have been violating the
+ Debian Free Software Guidelines</cite></q> for 180 days or more, and
+ none of the solutions that have been implemented (if any) is considered
+ suitable by the maintainers, the package must be moved from Debian
+ ("main" suite) to the Non-free repository ("non-free" suite).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The action of moving it may be performed by any of the developers (however,
+ moving packages in distributions other than "unstable" or "experimental" may
+ still require approval by the corresponding Release Team). When this happens,
+ any known DFSG violation in the package must be resolved before the package
+ can be moved back into Debian.
+ </p>
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<li><strong>We will give back to the free software community</strong>
<p>
(Since this option ammends the SC, I believe it would require 3:1 majority)
--
Robert Millan
The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
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