On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 06:06:35PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > 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. > > > We will change the title of the social contract to read: > > Debian's Social Contract with its Users > > We will change parts 1 and 5 of the social contract to read as follows: > > 1. Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software > > 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 > > 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 > 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. > > - -- > Raul > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: 2.6.3ia > Charset: noconv > > iQEVAwUBQAHYYPK/+Baey4gJAQH2Ogf+PW4ZZnfPRxgIsRXuDk84fJC2c5hsQCIR > HFMpO75l8leJntSsALF8FFwRFnC1xbg7L0htD5Hk4X58QzNmD5suLB3kCrJTndsf > 5yitv3WMug4WFM91CCpjWBarpVtH9tXrHvrmG2HhIczJTIAQV470Jl+DoStqKO02 > IwbcZ3aCmQRqj2zA5G1e75No4m0aI/vf4ooqYveD0Zo7J5IWePusFq3IZyMpVSJW > OQEbBhZtUx3DNsYCBj1Y53wGOheDePbSbd2DjREUFJHIV1QRynNdOWwEYamaNBCk > kssBh7w+BpqkHhjjHP2M9CiPOhRTqksoK451zqwihOXsASFvS5+Uew== > =mkrq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- I second this proposal. I believe it is Raul's latest at this time. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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