Re: [Proposal] Updating the Social Contract
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|This proposal replaces the amendment I submitted earlier today. This
|version removes "Linux" from the title and spells out who the contract
|is with. I also fix the grammatical mistake Sven found.
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|We will change the title of the social contract to read:
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| Debian's Social Contract with its Users
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|We will change parts 1 and 5 of the social contract to read as follows:
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| 1. Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software
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| Debian exists to distribute a general purpose system composed of
| entirely free software. As there are many definitions of free
| software, we use the "Debian Free Software Guidelines" to determine
| if software is free. We will also support our users who develop
| and run other software on Debian -- free or non-free -- but we will
| never make the system depend on an item of non-free software.
|
|and
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| 5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards
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| We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs
| that don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We
| support interoperability standards such as "Linux System Base", and
| will accept bug reports where our system violates those standards.
| To make our system more attractive to people with mild dependencies
| on non-free software, we have created "contrib" and "non-free" areas
| in our internet archive. The software in these directories is not
| needed by most people, and we do not guarantee all software in the
| non-free area may be distributed in other ways. Thus, although
| we're working to reduce people's dependence on non-free software,
| we support users who are still dependent. Additionally, we will
| work to provide free alternatives to non-free software so people who
| use only free software can work with users of non-free software.
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I second this proposal.
That said clarification of the last sentence would be nice, but maybe it can
go in some rationale or something.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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