On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 08:33:21AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > This proposal serves as a replacement for my earlier proposals: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2004/debian-vote-200401/msg01122.html > one which is not yet in the mailing list archives, but which is quoted at > http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2004/debian-vote-200401/msg01184.html > and > http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2004/debian-vote-200401/msg01188.html > > I'd like to call for seconds on this proposal, [especially from Sven > and Hamish, if this new one meets your requirements]. > > Changes from the previous version (msg01188.html): > [1] replace "programs" with the more general term "software" (part 5), > [2] change the free alternatives language to better reflect what > we do (part 5), > [3] Incorporate wholesale updates to parts 2, 3 and 4 as suggested > by Andrew Suffield at > http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2004/debian-vote-200401/msg01192.html > [4] Make explicit the constitutional removal of the DFSG from the > social contract, > [5] Remove a bit of language from the meta-title which I added in > the previous version (msg01188.html). > > - -- > > I propose the following resolution: > > We will replace our social contract with two documents, as specified > by the recent constitutional amendment. The first replacement document > will be the social contract below, and the second replacement document > will be the Debian Free Software Guidelines extracted from the remainder > of the original social contract. > > Here's the replacement for the social contract: > > > Debian's 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` > > 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. > > 2. We will give back to the free software community > > When we write new components of the Debian system, we will license > them in a manner consistent with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. > We will make the best system we can, so that free works will be > widely distributed and used. We will communicate things such > as bug fixes, improvements and user requests to the "upstream" > authors of works included in our system. > > 3. We will not hide problems > > We will keep our entire bug report database open for public view > at all times. Reports that people file online will promptly 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 environments. We will not object to non-free > works that are intended to be used on Debian systems, or attempt to > charge a fee to people who create or use such works. We will allow > others to create distributions containing both the Debian system and > other works, without any fee from us. In furtherance of these goals, > we will provide an integrated system of high-quality materials with > no legal restrictions that would prevent such uses of the system. > > 5. Programs that don't meet our free-software standards > > We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of software > 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.
[I think it's "Standard Base".] > <snip here> > 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, w > <to here> [All above snip IMHO] > [W]e will work to find, package and support free alternatives to > non-free software so people who use only free software can work > with users of non-free software. > > - -- > Raul I'd be happier with the snips indicated above, reducing clause 5 to three sentences. I'm not sure that the bits about reducing dependence on non-free are germane. Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
