-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 |This proposal replaces the amendment I submitted earlier today. This |version removes "Linux" from the title and spells out who the contract |is with. I also fix the grammatical mistake Sven found. | | |We will change the title of the social contract to read: | | Debian's Social Contract with its Users | |We will change parts 1 and 5 of the social contract to read as follows: | | 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. | |and | | 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 | support interoperability standards such as "Linux System Base", and | will accept bug reports where our system violates those standards. | 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, we will | work to provide free alternatives to non-free software so people who | use only free software can work with users of non-free software. |
I second this proposal. That said clarification of the last sentence would be nice, but maybe it can go in some rationale or something. Friendly, Sven Luther -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAAmcv2WTeT3CRQaQRAgC6AKCKM71qlNDlcFbvamHEQ4Ff4ZdrhgCdH70D 89xxFKEG+RvIg4lrF3/UdpI= =Pg8g -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
