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author | Manoj Srivastava <srivasta> | 2008-10-25 01:04:40 +0000 |
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committer | Manoj Srivastava <srivasta> | 2008-10-25 01:04:40 +0000 |
commit | a97756abe7809a6503be160463cab6bf3d2aeacd (patch) | |
tree | fc98b5a75f5d214663a8973a10214c675d9b9cb1 /english/social_contract.1.0.wml | |
parent | 6f0c10630cd9e86dcf1c11d7fc6a9043a2f60a73 (diff) |
Argh. remove the correct version.
CVS version numbers
english/social_contract.1.0.wml: 1.5 -> 1.6
english/social_contract.1.1.wml: 1.4 -> 1.5(DEAD)
Diffstat (limited to 'english/social_contract.1.0.wml')
-rw-r--r-- | english/social_contract.1.0.wml | 144 |
1 files changed, 144 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/english/social_contract.1.0.wml b/english/social_contract.1.0.wml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e1362164c2c --- /dev/null +++ b/english/social_contract.1.0.wml @@ -0,0 +1,144 @@ +#use wml::debian::template title="Debian Social Contract, Version 1.0" BARETITLE=true + +# Original document: contract.html +# Author : Manoj Srivastava ( srivasta@tiamat.datasync.com ) +# Created On : Wed Jul 2 12:47:56 1997 + +<p> + Version 1.0 ratified on July 5, 1997. Superseded by + <a href="social_contract">Version 1.1</a>, ratified on April 26, 2004. +</p> + +<p>Debian, the producers of the Debian GNU/Linux system, have created the +<strong>Debian Social Contract</strong>. The <a href="#guidelines">Debian Free Software +Guidelines (DFSG)</a> part of the contract, initially designed +as a set of commitments that we agree to abide by, has been adopted by +the free software community as the basis of the +<a href="http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd">Open Source Definition</a>. + +<HR> +<h2>"Social Contract" with the Free Software Community</h2> +<ol> + <li><p><strong>Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software</strong> + <p>We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution + entirely free software. As there are many definitions of + free software, we include the guidelines we use to determine + if software is "<em>free</em>" below. We will support our + users who develop and run non-free software on Debian, but + we will never make the system depend on an item of non-free + software.</p> + <li><strong>We Will Give Back to the Free Software Community</strong> + <p>When we write new components of the Debian system, we will + license them as free software. We will make the best system + we can, so that free software will be widely distributed and + used. We will feed back bug-fixes, improvements, user + requests, etc. to the "<em>upstream</em>" authors of software + included in our system.</p> + <li><p><strong>We Won't Hide Problems</strong> + <p>We will keep our entire bug-report database open for public + view at all times. Reports that users file on-line will + immediately become visible to others.</p> + <li><p><strong>Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software</strong> + <p>We will be guided by the needs of our users and the + free-software community. We will place their interests first + in our priorities. We will support the needs of our users + for operation in many different kinds of computing + environment. We won't object to commercial software that is + intended to run on Debian systems, and we'll allow others to + create value-added distributions containing both Debian and + commercial software, without any fee from us. To support + these goals, we will provide an integrated system of + high-quality, 100% free software, with no legal restrictions + that would prevent these kinds of use.</p> + <li><p><strong>Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards</strong> + <p>We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of + programs that don't conform to the + <a href="#guidelines">Debian Free Software Guidelines</a>. + We have created "<tt>contrib</tt>" and "<tt>non-free</tt>" + areas in our FTP archive for this software. The software in + these directories is not part of the Debian system, although + it has been configured for use with Debian. We encourage CD + manufacturers to read the licenses of software packages in + these directories and determine if they can distribute that + software on their CDs. Thus, although non-free software + isn't a part of Debian, we support its use, and we provide + infrastructure (such as our bug-tracking system and mailing + lists) for non-free software packages. +</ol> +<HR> +<h2 id="guidelines">The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)</h2> +<ol> + <li><p><strong>Free Redistribution</strong> + <p>The license of a Debian component may not restrict any + party from selling or giving away the software as a + component of an aggregate software distribution containing + programs from several different sources. The license may not + require a royalty or other fee for such sale.</p> + <li><p><strong>Source Code</strong> + <p>The program must include source code, and must allow + distribution in source code as well as compiled + form.</p> + <li><p><strong>Derived Works</strong> + <p>The license must allow modifications and derived works, and + must allow them to be distributed under the same terms as + the license of the original software.</p> + <li><p><strong>Integrity of The Author's Source Code</strong> + <p>The license may restrict source-code from being distributed + in modified form _<strong>only</strong>_ if the license allows + the distribution of "<tt>patch files</tt>" with the source + code for the purpose of modifying the program at build + time. The license must explicitly permit distribution of + software built from modified source code. The license may + require derived works to carry a different name or version + number from the original software. (<em>This is a + compromise. The Debian group encourages all authors not to + restrict any files, source or binary, from being + modified.</em>)</p> + <li><p><strong>No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups</strong> + <p>The license must not discriminate against any person or + group of persons.</p> + <li><p><strong>No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor</strong> + <p>The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the + program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may + not restrict the program from being used in a business, or + from being used for genetic research.</p> + <li><p><strong>Distribution of License</strong> + <p>The rights attached to the program must apply to all to + whom the program is redistributed without the need for + execution of an additional license by those + parties.</p> + <li><p><strong>License Must Not Be Specific to Debian</strong> + <p>The rights attached to the program must not depend on the + program's being part of a Debian system. If the program is + extracted from Debian and used or distributed without Debian + but otherwise within the terms of the program's license, all + parties to whom the program is redistributed should have the + same rights as those that are granted in conjunction with + the Debian system.</p> + <li><p><strong>License Must Not Contaminate Other Software</strong> + <p>The license must not place restrictions on other software + that is distributed along with the licensed + software. For example, the license must not insist that all + other programs distributed on the same medium must be free + software.</p> + <li><p><strong>Example Licenses</strong> + <p>The "<strong><a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GPL</a></strong>", + "<strong><a href="misc/bsd.license">BSD</a></strong>", and + "<strong><a href="http://www.perl.com/pub/a/language/misc/Artistic.html">Artistic</a></strong>" + licenses are examples of licenses that we consider "<em>free</em>". +</ol> + +<p><em>The concept of stating our "social contract with the free +software community" was suggested by Ean Schuessler. This document +was drafted by Bruce Perens, refined by the other Debian developers +during a month-long e-mail conference in June 1997, and then +<a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/debian-announce-1997/msg00017.html">\ +accepted</a> as the publicly stated policy of the Debian Project.</em></p> + +<p><em>Bruce Perens later removed the Debian-specific references from the +Debian Free Software Guidelines to create +<a href="http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php">“The Open +Source Definition”</a>.</em></p> + +<p><em>Other organizations may derive from and build on this document. +Please give credit to the Debian project if you do.</em> |