>>>>> "Raul" == Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I second this proposal.
Raul> [This is a repost -- Sven Luther has asked that that my call
Raul> for seconds is not in reply to any other post.]
Raul> This is a call for seconds on the proposal I submitted on
Raul> the 19th:
Raul>
http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2004/debian-vote-200401/msg01453.html
Raul> Many people have contributed to the wording of this
Raul> proposal. I believe this proposal is an improvement over
Raul> the current Social Contract, and I also believe it's better
Raul> than the currently available alternatives.
Raul> I don't participate much in other forums (such as IRC) -- if
Raul> you think this proposal is worth seconding, and it hasn't
Raul> gotten enough sponsors yet, please bring it to the attention
Raul> of other people who you think might want to sponsor it. The
Raul> proposal needs five sponsors to be introduced. A couple
Raul> extra won't hurt, and might be a good precaution against
Raul> errors.
Raul> The rationale for this proposal is: clean up the social
Raul> contract, make it less ambiguous, and bring its words in
Raul> line with the way we have been interpreting it. This
Raul> includes continuing our existing support for non-free
Raul> software.
Raul> The social contract was originally written to address
Raul> scepticism that Debian would eventually turn into a
Raul> commercial operation, and questions about what exactly we
Raul> were doing. I think it's done a pretty good job, but there
Raul> have been a few lingering questions based on ambiguous turns
Raul> of phrase in the text. Although it's impossible to
Raul> eliminate all ambiguity from a document of this nature, it
Raul> is possible to address specific concerns by looking at how
Raul> we as a group have been interpreting the contract, which is
Raul> what I've tried to do here.
Raul> This proposal is formally an amendment of Andrew Suffield's
Raul> proposal
Raul>
http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2003/debian-vote-200312/msg00044.html
Raul> striking all text but "I propose the following resolution"
Raul> and replacing that text as follows:
Raul> --
Raul> I propose the following resolution:
Raul> We will replace our social contract with two documents, as
Raul> specified by the recent constitutional amendment. The first
Raul> replacement document will be the social contract below, and
Raul> the second replacement document will be the Debian Free
Raul> Software Guidelines extracted from the remainder of the
Raul> original social contract.
Raul> Here's the replacement for the social contract:
Raul> Debian's Social Contract
Raul> The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have
Raul> made common cause to create a free operating system. This
Raul> is the "social contract" we offer to the free software
Raul> community.
Raul>
Raul>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Raul> "Social Contract" with the Free Software Community
Raul> 1. Debian will remain 100% free software
Raul> Debian exists to distribute a general purpose system
Raul> composed of entirely free software. As there are many
Raul> definitions of free software, we use the "Debian Free
Raul> Software Guidelines" to determine if software is free. We
Raul> will also support our users who develop and run other
Raul> software on Debian -- free or non-free -- but we will never
Raul> make the system depend on non-free software.
Raul> 2. We will give back to the free software community
Raul> When we write new components of the Debian system, we
Raul> will license them in a manner consistent with the Debian
Raul> Free Software Guidelines. We will make the best system we
Raul> can, so that free works will be widely distributed and
Raul> used. We will communicate things such as bug fixes,
Raul> improvements and user requests to the "upstream" authors of
Raul> works included in our system.
Raul> 3. We will not hide problems
Raul> We will keep our entire bug report database open for
Raul> public view at all times. Reports that people file online
Raul> will promptly become visible to others.
Raul> 4. Our priorities are our users and free software
Raul> We will be guided by the needs of our users and the
Raul> free software community. We will place their interests first
Raul> in our priorities. We will support the needs of our users
Raul> for operation in many different kinds of computing
Raul> environments. We will not object to non-free works that are
Raul> intended to be used on Debian systems, or attempt to charge
Raul> a fee to people who create or use such works. We will allow
Raul> others to create distributions containing both the Debian
Raul> system and other works, without any fee from us. In
Raul> furtherance of these goals, we will provide an integrated
Raul> system of high-quality materials with no legal restrictions
Raul> that would prevent such uses of the system.
Raul> 5. Software that doesn't meet our free-software standards
Raul> We acknowledge that some, but not all, of our users
Raul> require the use of software which does not conform to the
Raul> Debian Free Software Guidelines. In order to accommodate
Raul> these users, we have created "contrib" and "non-free" areas
Raul> in our internet archive. The software in "non-free"
Raul> satisfies some, but not all, of our guidelines and we do not
Raul> guarantee all software in the non-free area may be
Raul> distributed in other ways. For those who need to run
Raul> software we do not distribute, free or non-free, we support
Raul> worthy application binary interface standards and namespace
Raul> management standards. Additionally, we will work to find,
Raul> package and support free alternatives to non-free software
Raul> so people who use only free software can work with users of
Raul> non-free software.
Raul> -- Raul
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