Re: Possible draft non-free firmware option with SC change
On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 10:27:52AM +0100, Phil Morrell wrote:
>On Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 08:00:09AM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
>> Le jeudi, 8 septembre 2022, 07.14:09 h CEST Russ Allbery a écrit :
>> > Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <odyx@debian.org> writes:
>> > > While we're at updating the Social Contract's article 5, what about a
>> > > more invasive cleanup, to reflect reality ?
>> > >
>> > Going *way* out on a limb (and to be honest I'm leaning hard against
>> > proposing this because I think this level of change would require more
>> > than a week's worth of discussion)
>> >
>> > 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 areas in our archive for these works. These packages have
>> > been configured for use with Debian and we provide some
>> > infrastructure for them (such as our bug tracking system and mailing
>> > lists), but they are not part of the Debian system. We encourage
>> > distributors of Debian to read the licenses of the packages in these
>> > areas and determine if they can distribute these packages on their
>> > media. The Debian official media may include firmware from these
>> > areas that is otherwise not part of the Debian system to enable use
>> > of Debian with hardware that requires such firmware.
>>
>> As-is (that is: "changing only SC5 with a 3:1 majority") seems to be one very
>> simple way to express the change we (some of us) want. The "statement of the
>> day" is a nice addition, but can risk being nitpicked-upon. I'd definitely
>> second a ballot option that would propose just this.
>
>In that spirit, some more wording suggestions and justification below.
>
> 5. Works that do not meet our free software standards
>
> We acknowledge that our users may require the use of works that do
> not conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Such packages
> are not part of the Debian system, but we provide the enabling
> infrastructure as a convenience to our users. This includes the bug
> tracking system, installation media, mailing lists and separate
> archive areas.
That looks good to me - concise and clear. Thanks!
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