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diff --git a/includes/lenny/common/doc/social-contract.txt b/includes/lenny/common/doc/social-contract.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..63591f8f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/includes/lenny/common/doc/social-contract.txt @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ + Version 1.0 ratified on July 5, 1997. Superseded by Version 1.1, + ratified on April 26, 2004. + + Debian, the producers of the Debian GNU/Linux system, have created the + Debian Social Contract. The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) part + of the contract, initially designed as a set of commitments that we + agree to abide by, has been adopted by the free software community as + the basis of the Open Source Definition. + __________________________________________________________________ + +"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 (DFSG) + + 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 not to 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". + + The concept of stating our "social contract with the free software + community" was suggested by Ean Schuessler. This document was drafted + by Bruce Perens, refined by the other Debian developers during a + month-long e-mail conference in June 1997, and then accepted as the + publicly stated policy of the Debian Project. + + Bruce Perens later removed the Debian-specific references from the + Debian Free Software Guidelines to create "The Open Source Definition". + + Other organizations may derive from and build on this document. Please + give credit to the Debian project if you do. |