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diff --git a/includes/common/doc/social-contract.txt b/includes/common/doc/social-contract.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cd9c368b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/includes/common/doc/social-contract.txt @@ -0,0 +1,131 @@ +Debian GNU/Linux Social Contract + +The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common +cause to create a free operating system. This is the "social contract" +we offer to the free software community. + + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +"Social Contract" with the Free Software Community + + 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. + + 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. + + 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. + + 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. + + 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. + + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +The Debian Free Software Guidelines + + 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. + + 2. Source Code + + The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in + source code as well as compiled form. + + 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. + + 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 to not restrict any + files, source or binary, from being modified.) + + 5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups + + The license must not discriminate against any person or group of + persons. + + 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. + + 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. + + 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. + + 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. + + 10. Example Licenses + + The "GPL", "BSD", and "Artistic" licenses are examples of licenses that + we consider "free". + + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |