Proposal -- Debian should be an adjective in the social contract

[Raul Miller <moth@debian.org>]

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This is a proposal to amend the resolution which was first posted in
http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2003/debian-vote-200312/msg00044.html

The rationale for this proposal is given in
http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2004/debian-vote-200401/msg01835.html

I propose the following resolution:

We will update the social contract, replacing every use of the word
"Debian" as a noun with the phrase "the Debian system".

We will add to the end of section 1 of the Social Contract the sentence:
   We have created the "main" area of our archive for the Debian
   system.


Here are the affected clauses, as modified:

  1. The Debian System 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
     the Debian system, but we will never make the system depend on an
     item of non-free software.  We have created the "main" area of our
     archive for the Debian system.


  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 the
     Debian system. 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 the Debian system, 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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Thanks,

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Raul

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