Re: http://www.debian.org/social_contract changes
I'd agree except that the part I'm referring to are not a part of the social
contract. The change is just in the intro to the contract. I can post this
to -private if you like, but I don't see the need for it. Actually the 'We
are Debian..' sounds Borg-ish... maybe something more subtle like
"Debian, the producers of the Debian GNU/Linux system, have created the
'Debian Social Contract' which is a set of commitments that we offer to the
free software community.
Nils.
In message <[🔎] 19981028121119.Y11765@debian.org>, "James A. Treacy" writes:
>On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 11:24:50AM -0500, Nils Lohner wrote:
>>
>Sorry if I'm being pedantic, but the social contract was approved
>as is, so we really should at least mention any suggested changes
>on debian-devel.
>
See above.
>> I'd like a few changes to this page. I'll go through them one at a time,
>> and justify them as well.
>>
>>
>> . "We are Software In The Public Interest, producers of the Debian
GNU/Linux
>
>> system. This is the "social contract" we offer to
>> the free software community."
>>
>> This needs to be changed to 'We are Debian, ...' or something similar.
>> Debian != SPI, but Debian is affiliated with SPI. Also, name the soclail
>> contract explicitly. That makes it sound more official. How about:
>>
>> "We are Debian, the producers of the Debian GNU/Linux system. This is the
>> 'Debian Social Contract' which is a set of commitments that we offer to
the
>> free software community."
>>
>> . Split this page into three pages, a page stating what the social
contract
>> and DFSG are, and then one page for each of the documents. This is
>> important because it establishes each as a separate document, and also
>> because as Open Source grows we want to be able to point people
explicitly
>> and directly to the DFSG. [I know that this will take a lot of redoing
of
>> links to the DFSG, but I think that it it important to split the pages...
>> sorry!]
>>
>Splitting the page in three isn't a problem as it doesn't change the
content.
>BTW, many links already point directly to the DFSG:
social_contract#guidelines
>Do you still want the split done?
>
Yes, I'd like to see it on a separate page... maybe www.debian.org/DFSG
for the DFSG etc. Having them separated makes each one more important IMO.
Plus, each can be printed directly from the web pages and handed out at
shows etc :)
>> . Please add (to the page for the social contract and the DFSG) a notice
at
>> the bottom stating that
>> "Other organizations to derive from and build on this document.
>> Please give credit to the Debian project if you do."
>> This is a request from Bruce Perens, the author of the documents.
>> Apparently this used to be on the page, but disappeared at some point
during
>
>> the rewrite.
>>
>This also needs no approval and is already done.
>
>I'm curious about the statement 'this used to be on the page' as the text
>currently on the page is exactly what Bruce requested. Oh well.
>
Hmm... he mentioned this in a discussion a few weeks ago. Oh well :)
>BTW, the text added is actually:
> Other organizations may derive from and build on this document.
> Please give credit to the Debian project if you do.
>
Great, thanks.
>Jay Treacy
>
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