From 3443c10b07e59cd11ac2c318e889d47e10396d28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manoj Srivastava Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 05:15:52 +0000 Subject: The modifications to the social contract were passed, here is the new version. CVS version numbers english/social_contract.1.0.wml: INITIAL -> 1.1 english/social_contract.wml: 1.12 -> 1.13 --- english/social_contract.1.0.wml | 144 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 144 insertions(+) create mode 100644 english/social_contract.1.0.wml (limited to 'english/social_contract.1.0.wml') diff --git a/english/social_contract.1.0.wml b/english/social_contract.1.0.wml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..90c0335a337 --- /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 + +

+ Version 1.0 ratified on July 5, 1997. Superseded by + Version 1.1, ratified on April 26, 2004. +

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Debian, the producers of the Debian GNU/Linux system, have created the +Debian Social Contract. The Debian Free Software +Guidelines (DFSG) 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 +Open Source Definition. + +

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"Social Contract" with the Free Software Community

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  1. Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software +

    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 "free" 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.

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  2. We Will Give Back to the Free Software Community +

    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 "upstream" authors of software + included in our system.

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  3. We Won't Hide Problems +

    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.

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  4. Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software +

    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.

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  5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards +

    We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of + programs that don't conform to the + Debian Free Software Guidelines. + We have created "contrib" and "non-free" + 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. +

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The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)

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  1. Free Redistribution +

    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.

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  2. Source Code +

    The program must include source code, and must allow + distribution in source code as well as compiled + form.

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  3. Derived Works +

    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.

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  4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code +

    The license may restrict source-code from being distributed + in modified form _only_ if the license allows + the distribution of "patch files" 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. (This is a + compromise. The Debian group encourages all authors not to + restrict any files, source or binary, from being + modified.)

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  5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups +

    The license must not discriminate against any person or + group of persons.

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  6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor +

    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.

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  7. Distribution of License +

    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.

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  8. License Must Not Be Specific to Debian +

    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.

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  9. License Must Not Contaminate Other Software +

    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.

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  10. Example Licenses +

    The "GPL", + "BSD", and + "Artistic" + licenses are examples of licenses that we consider "free". +

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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 +\ +accepted as the publicly stated policy of the Debian Project.

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Bruce Perens later removed the Debian-specific references from the +Debian Free Software Guidelines to create +“The Open +Source Definition”.

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Other organizations may derive from and build on this document. +Please give credit to the Debian project if you do. -- cgit v1.2.3