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author | Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org> | 2022-10-04 18:47:24 -0700 |
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committer | Laura Arjona Reina <larjona@debian.org> | 2022-10-07 06:07:50 +0000 |
commit | 79d1ad80a8ac84afa8c8a224b81fb50c327e6b4f (patch) | |
tree | 8dc98728f4d2b70bf66620f526e54d85abbbff22 /english/social_contract.1.1.wml | |
parent | 7de52c11c6e319c053f658745650d45aeddbb0d3 (diff) |
Update social contract for GR 2022-003
Update the social contract with the changes in the winning option
of GR 2022-003. Use the same formatting for supersedes and
superseded by as the constitution, save the old version as
version 1.1, and update the history messages.
Diffstat (limited to 'english/social_contract.1.1.wml')
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1 files changed, 166 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/english/social_contract.1.1.wml b/english/social_contract.1.1.wml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1b7efe02fbd --- /dev/null +++ b/english/social_contract.1.1.wml @@ -0,0 +1,166 @@ +#use wml::debian::template title="Debian Social Contract, Version 1.1" BARETITLE=true + +# Original document: contract.html +# Author : Manoj Srivastava ( srivasta@tiamat.datasync.com ) +# Created On : Wed Jul 2 12:47:56 1997 + +<p>Version 1.1 ratified on April 26th, 2004.</p> + +<p>Superseded by +the <a href="social_contract">current version 1.2</a> ratified on +October 1st, 2022.</p> + +<p>Supersedes <a href="social_contract.1.0">Version 1.0</a> ratified on +July 5th, 1997.</p> + +<p>Debian, the producers of the Debian 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="https://opensource.org/docs/osd">Open Source Definition</a>.</p> + +<hr /> + <h2><q>Social Contract</q> with the Free Software Community</h2> + + <ol> + <li> + <strong>Debian will remain 100% free</strong> + <p> + We provide the guidelines that we use to determine if a work + is <q><em>free</em></q> in the document entitled <q><cite>The Debian Free + Software Guidelines</cite></q>. 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. + </p> + </li> + <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 in a manner consistent with the Debian Free + Software Guidelines. We will make the best system we can, + so that free works will be widely distributed and used. We + will communicate things such as bug fixes, improvements and + user requests to the <q><em>upstream</em></q> authors of works + included in our system. + </p> + </li> + <li><strong>We will not hide problems</strong> + <p> + We will keep our entire bug report database open for public + view at all times. Reports that people file online will + promptly become visible to others. + </p> + </li> + <li><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 + environments. We will not object to non-free works that are + intended to be used on Debian systems, or attempt to charge + a fee to people who create or use such works. We will allow + others to create distributions containing both the Debian + system and other works, without any fee from us. In + furtherance of these goals, we will provide an integrated + system of high-quality materials with no legal restrictions + that would prevent such uses of the system. + </p> + </li> + <li><strong>Works that do not meet our free software standards</strong> + <p> + 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 <q><code>contrib</code></q> and + <q><code>non-free</code></q> 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). + </p> + </li> + </ol> +<hr /> +<h2 id="guidelines">The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)</h2> +<ol> + <li><p><strong>Free Redistribution</strong></p> + <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> + <li><p><strong>Source Code</strong></p> + <p>The program must include source code, and must allow + distribution in source code as well as compiled + form.</p></li> + <li><p><strong>Derived Works</strong></p> + <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> + <li><p><strong>Integrity of The Author's Source Code</strong></p> + <p>The license may restrict source-code from being distributed + in modified form <strong>only</strong> if the license allows + the distribution of <q><tt>patch files</tt></q> 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> + <li><p><strong>No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups</strong></p> + <p>The license must not discriminate against any person or + group of persons.</p></li> + <li><p><strong>No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor</strong></p> + <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> + <li><p><strong>Distribution of License</strong></p> + <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> + <li><p><strong>License Must Not Be Specific to Debian</strong></p> + <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> + <li><p><strong>License Must Not Contaminate Other Software</strong></p> + <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> + <li><p><strong>Example Licenses</strong></p> + <p>The <q><strong><a href="https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GPL</a></strong></q>, + <q><strong><a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause">BSD</a></strong></q>, and + <q><strong><a href="https://perldoc.perl.org/perlartistic.html">Artistic</a></strong></q> + licenses are examples of licenses that we consider <q><em>free</em></q>.</p></li> +</ol> + +<p><em>The concept of stating our <q>social contract with the free +software community</q> 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="https://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="https://opensource.org/docs/definition.php"><q>The Open +Source Definition</q></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></p> |