In the graph above, any pink colored nodes imply that the option did not pass majority, the Blue is the winner. The Octagon is used for the options that did not beat the default.

Option 1 "Reaffirm the Social Contract"
Option 2 "Allow Lenny to release with proprietary firmware [3:1]"
Option 3 "Allow Lenny to release with DFSG violations [3:1]"
Option 4 "Empower the release team to decide about allowing DFSG violations [3:1]"
Option 5 "Assume blobs comply with GPL unless proven otherwise"
Option 6 "Exclude source requirements for firmware (defined) [3:1]"
Option 7 "Further Discussion"

In the following table, tally[row x][col y] represents the votes that option x received over option y. A more detailed explanation of the beat matrix may help in understanding the table. For understanding the Condorcet method, the Wikipedia entry is fairly informative.

**The Beat Matrix**
	Option
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Option 1		46	60	72	73	89	117
Option 2	281		160	160	171	177	224
Option 3	255	61		125	137	151	204
Option 4	253	121	146		160	166	194
Option 5	234	105	128	135		136	191
Option 6	220	118	134	125	134		180
Option 7	226	129	145	153	160	169

Looking at row 2, column 1, Allow Lenny to release with proprietary firmware [3:1]
received 281 votes over Reaffirm the Social Contract

Looking at row 1, column 2, Reaffirm the Social Contract
received 46 votes over Allow Lenny to release with proprietary firmware [3:1].

Pair-wise defeats

Option 5 defeats Option 7 by ( 191 - 160) = 31 votes.

The Schwartz Set contains

Option 5 "Assume blobs comply with GPL unless proven otherwise"

The winners

Option 5 "Assume blobs comply with GPL unless proven otherwise"

Debian uses the Condorcet method for voting. Simplistically, plain Condorcets method can be stated like so :
Consider all possible two-way races between candidates. The Condorcet winner, if there is one, is the one candidate who can beat each other candidate in a two-way race with that candidate. The problem is that in complex elections, there may well be a circular relationship in which A beats B, B beats C, and C beats A. Most of the variations on Condorcet use various means of resolving the tie. See Cloneproof Schwartz Sequential Dropping for details. Debian's variation is spelled out in the constitution, specifically, A.6.