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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.1.1.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.1.1.wml')
-rw-r--r-- | english/social_contract.1.1.wml | 163 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 163 deletions
diff --git a/english/social_contract.1.1.wml b/english/social_contract.1.1.wml deleted file mode 100644 index 69c3313ca3c..00000000000 --- a/english/social_contract.1.1.wml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,163 +0,0 @@ -#use wml::debian::template title="Debian Social Contract" 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 26, 2004. Supersedes - <a href="social_contract.1.0">Version 1.0</a> ratified on July 5, 1997. -</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><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 "<em>free</em>" in the document entitled "<cite>The Debian Free - Software Guidelines</cite>". 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 "<em>upstream</em>" 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 "<code>contrib</code>" and - "<code>non-free</code>" 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>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> |