Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change

[Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org>]

Thanks for that proposal Russ!

While we're at updating the Social Contract's article 5, what about a more 
invasive cleanup, to reflect reality ?

Le mercredi, 7 septembre 2022, 19.48:36 h CEST Russ Allbery a écrit :
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> 
> This ballot option supersedes the Debian Social Contract (a foundation
> document) under point 4.1.5 of the constitution and thus requires a 3:1
> majority.


Instead of this:
> The Debian Social Contract is replaced with a new version that is
> identical to the current version in all respects except that it adds the
> following sentence to the end of point 5:
> 
>     The Debian official media may include firmware that is otherwise not
>     part of the Debian system to enable use of Debian with hardware that
>     requires such firmware.

What about this (which adds the non-free-firmware area, replaces 
"CD manufacturers" with "installation media providers", replaces "on their CD" 
with "on their installation media":

> The Debian Social Contract is replaced with a new version that is
> identical to the current version in all respects except that the point 5 
> reads as follows:
> 
>     5. Works that do not meet our free software standards
>     We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of works that do 
>     not conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We have created 
>     "contrib", "non-free" and "non-free-firmware" areas in our archive for
>     these works. The packages in these areas are not part of the Debian
>     system, although they have been configured for use with Debian. We
>     encourage installation media providers to read the licenses of the
>     packages in these areas and determine if they can distribute the 
>     packages on their installation medias. Thus, although non-free works are
>     not a part of Debian, we support their use and provide infrastructure
>     for non-free packages (such as our bug tracking system and mailing
>     lists). The Debian official media may include firmware that is otherwise
>     not part of the Debian system to enable use of Debian with hardware tha
>     requires such firmware.

The rest of your proposed draft reads excellent to me.
-- 
    OdyX

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