Thanks Kurt, this text looks good to me!
On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 10:57:32PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
>Hi,
>
>This is the draft ballot.
>
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>[ ] Choice 1: Only one installer, including non-free firmware
>[ ] Choice 2: Recommend installer containing non-free firmware
>[ ] Choice 3: Provide installers with and without non-free firmware
>[ ] Choice 4: Installer with non-free software is not part of Debian
>[ ] Choice 5: Change SC for non-free firmware in installer, one installer
>[ ] Choice 6: Change SC for non-free firmware in installer, keep both installers
>[ ] Choice 7: None Of The Above
>- - -=-=-=-=-=- Don't Delete Anything Between These Lines =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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>BALLOT OPTIONS
>
>Choice 1: Only one installer, including non-free firmware
>=========================================================
>
>We will include non-free firmware packages from the "non-free-firmware"
>section of the Debian archive on our official media (installer images and
>live images). The included firmware binaries will *normally* be enabled by
>default where the system determines that they are required, but where
>possible we will include ways for users to disable this at boot (boot menu
>option, kernel command line etc.).
>
>When the installer/live system is running we will provide information to
>the user about what firmware has been loaded (both free and non-free), and
>we will *also* store that information on the target system such that users
>will be able to find it later. Where non-free firmware is found to be
>necessary, the target system will also be configured to use the
>non-free-firmware component by default in the apt sources.list file. Our
>users should receive security updates and important fixes to firmware
>binaries just like any other installed software.
>
>We will publish these images as official Debian media, replacing the
>current media sets that do not include non-free firmware packages.
>
>Choice 2: Recommend installer containing non-free firmware
>==========================================================
>
>We will include non-free firmware packages from the "non-free-firmware"
>section of the Debian archive on our official media (installer images and
>live images). The included firmware binaries will *normally* be enabled by
>default where the system determines that they are required, but where
>possible we will include ways for users to disable this at boot (boot menu
>option, kernel command line etc.).
>
>When the installer/live system is running we will provide information to
>the user about what firmware has been loaded (both free and non-free), and
>we will *also* store that information on the target system such that users
>will be able to find it later. Where non-free firmware is found to be
>necessary, the target system will also be configured to use the
>non-free-firmware component by default in the apt sources.list file. Our
>users should receive security updates and important fixes to firmware
>binaries just like any other installed software.
>
>While we will publish these images as official Debian media, they will not
>replace the current media sets that do not include non-free firmware
>packages, but offered alongside. Images that do include non-free firmware
>will be presented more prominently, so that newcomers will find them more
>easily; fully-free images will not be hidden away; they will be linked
>from the same project pages, but with less visual priority.
>
>Choice 3: Provide installers with and without non-free firmware
>===============================================================
>
>The Debian project is permitted to make distribution media (installer
>images and live images) containing non-free software from the Debian
>archive available for download alongside with the free media in a way that
>the user is informed before downloading which media are the free ones.
>
>Choice 4: Installer with non-free software is not part of Debian
>================================================================
>
>We continue to stand by the spirit of the Debian Social Contract §1 which
>says:
>
> Debian will remain 100% free
>
> We provide the guidelines that we use to determine if a work is "free"
> in the document entitled "The Debian Free Software Guidelines". We
> promise that the Debian system and all its components will be free
> according to these guidelines. We will support people who create or use
> both free and non-free works on Debian. We will never make the system
> require the use of a non-free component.
>
>Therefore we will not include any non-free software in Debian, nor in the
>main archive or installer/live/cloud or other official images, and will
>not enable anything from non-free or contrib by default.
>
>We also continue to stand by the spirit of the Debian Social Contract §5
>which says:
>
> 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" and "non-free" 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 CD
> manufacturers to read the licenses of the packages in these areas and
> determine if they can distribute the packages on their CDs. 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).
>
>Thereby reinforcing the interpretation that any installer or image with
>non-free software on it is not part of the Debian system, but that we
>support their use and welcome others to distribute such work.
>
>Choice 5: Change SC for non-free firmware in installer, one installer
>=====================================================================
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>The Debian Project also makes the following statement on an issue of the
>day:
>
>We will include non-free firmware packages from the "non-free-firmware"
>section of the Debian archive on our official media (installer images and
>live images). The included firmware binaries will normally be enabled by
>default where the system determines that they are required, but where
>possible we will include ways for users to disable this at boot (boot menu
>option, kernel command line etc.).
>
>When the installer/live system is running we will provide information to
>the user about what firmware has been loaded (both free and non-free), and
>we will also store that information on the target system such that users
>will be able to find it later. Where non-free firmware is found to be
>necessary, the target system will also be configured to use the
>non-free-firmware component by default in the apt sources.list file. Our
>users should receive security updates and important fixes to firmware
>binaries just like any other installed software.
>
>We will publish these images as official Debian media, replacing the
>current media sets that do not include non-free firmware packages.
>
>Choice 6: Change SC for non-free firmware in installer, keep both installers
>============================================================================
>
>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.
>
>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.
>
>The Debian Project also makes the following statement on an issue of the
>day:
>
>We will include non-free firmware packages from the "non-free-firmware"
>section of the Debian archive on our official media (installer images and
>live images). The included firmware binaries will normally be enabled by
>default where the system determines that they are required, but where
>possible we will include ways for users to disable this at boot (boot menu
>option, kernel command line etc.).
>
>When the installer/live system is running we will provide information to
>the user about what firmware has been loaded (both free and non-free), and
>we will also store that information on the target system such that users
>will be able to find it later. Where non-free firmware is found to be
>necessary, the target system will also be configured to use the
>non-free-firmware component by default in the apt sources.list file. Our
>users should receive security updates and important fixes to firmware
>binaries just like any other installed software.
>
>We will publish these images as official Debian media, alongside the
>current media sets that do not include non-free firmware packages.
>
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You raise the blade, you make the change... You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane...
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