On Thu, Oct 30 2008, Robert Millan wrote:
> Option 1 (reaffirm the Social Contract)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> 1. We affirm that our Priorities are our users and the free software
> community (Social Contract #4);
>
> 2. We acknowledge that we promised to deliver a 100% free operating system
> (Social Contract #1);
>
> 3. Given that we have known for two previous releases that we have
> non-free bits in various parts of Debian, and a lot of progress has
> been made, and we are almost to the point where we can provide a
> free version of the Debian operating system, we will delay the
> release of Lenny until such point that the work to free the operating
> system is complete (to the best of our knowledge as of 1 November 2008).
>
> Option 2 (allow Lenny to release with proprietary firmware)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> 1. We affirm that our Priorities are our users and the free software
> community (Social Contract #4);
>
> 2. We acknowledge that there is a lot of progress in the kernel firmware
> issue; most of the issues that were outstanding at the time of the
> last stable release have been sorted out. However, new issues in the
> kernel sources have cropped up fairly recently, and these new issues
> have not yet been addressed;
>
> 3. We assure the community that there will be no regressions in the progress
> made for freedom in the kernel distributed by Debian relative to the Etch
> release in Lenny (to the best of our knowledge as of 1 November 2008);
>
> 4. We give priority to the timely release of Lenny over sorting every bit
> out; for this reason, we will treat removal of sourceless firmware as a
> best-effort process, and deliver firmware as part of Debian Lenny as
> long as we are legally allowed to do so.
>
> (Since this option overrides the SC, I believe it would require 3:1 majority)
I second these versions of the proposed sets of
resolutions/amendments, and just the options quoted above. (I have
seconded in the past, but this is just to reafirm I agree with the
changes).
manoj
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