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authorJutta Wrage <witch>2005-11-20 23:14:47 +0000
committerJutta Wrage <witch>2005-11-20 23:14:47 +0000
commitfe3c5e017a38bc7f4f66ed91a2de793ab73aaf61 (patch)
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parent8c183d02a1bc129bc15bd3a070af2cd0c4a942f6 (diff)
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--- a/english/social_contract.1.1.wml
+++ b/english/social_contract.1.1.wml
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
# Author : Manoj Srivastava ( srivasta@tiamat.datasync.com )
# Created On : Wed Jul 2 12:47:56 1997
-<P>
+<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>
-<P>Debian, the producers of the Debian GNU/Linux system, have created the
+<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/definition_plain.html">Open Source Definition</a>.
-<HR>
+<hr>
<h2><q>Social Contract</q> with the Free Software Community</h2>
<ol>
@@ -84,25 +84,25 @@ the free software community as the basis of the
</p>
</li>
</ol>
-<HR>
-<H2><a name="guidelines">The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)</a></H2>
-<OL>
- <LI><P><strong>Free Redistribution</strong>
- <P>The license of a Debian component may not restrict any
+<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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
@@ -112,40 +112,40 @@ the free software community as the basis of the
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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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>",
+ 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>
+</ol>
<p><em>The concept of stating our "social contract with the free
software community" was suggested by Ean Schuessler. This document
@@ -159,5 +159,5 @@ Debian Free Software Guidelines to create
<a href="http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php">&ldquo;The Open
Source Definition&rdquo;</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><em>Other organizations may derive from and build on this document.
+Please give credit to the Debian project if you do.</em>

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