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| @@ -86,3 +86,59 @@ Thanks in advance for your participation! | |||
| 86 | - Carlos O’Donell | 86 | - Carlos O’Donell |
| 87 | - Mark Wielaard | 87 | - Mark Wielaard |
| 88 | - Andy Wingo | 88 | - Andy Wingo |
| 89 | |||
| 90 | ········································································ | ||
| 91 | |||
| 92 | GNU Social Contract [DRAFT] | ||
| 93 | -------------------- | ||
| 94 | |||
| 95 | This document states the core commitments of the GNU Project to the | ||
| 96 | broader free software community. All current GNU Project members | ||
| 97 | have agreed to uphold these values. | ||
| 98 | |||
| 99 | |||
| 100 | The purpose of the GNU Project is to provide software and systems that | ||
| 101 | respect users' freedoms. | ||
| 102 | |||
| 103 | # GNU respects users' freedoms | ||
| 104 | |||
| 105 | We provide software that guarantees to users the four essential freedoms, | ||
| 106 | without compromise: | ||
| 107 | 0. The freedom to run the program as they wish, for any purpose. | ||
| 108 | 1. The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does | ||
| 109 | their computing as they wish. | ||
| 110 | Access to the source code is a precondition for this. | ||
| 111 | 2. The freedom to redistribute copies so they can help others. | ||
| 112 | 3. The freedom to distribute copies of their modified versions to others. | ||
| 113 | By doing this they can give the whole community a chance to benefit | ||
| 114 | from their changes. | ||
| 115 | Access to the source code is a precondition for this. | ||
| 116 | |||
| 117 | All software written by us is distributed under copyleft licenses, designed | ||
| 118 | to ensure that developers cannot strip off users' freedom from GNU software. | ||
| 119 | |||
| 120 | Besides upholding the four essential freedoms, we pay attention and respond | ||
| 121 | to new threats to users' freedom as they arise, such as services as a | ||
| 122 | software substitute (SaaSS), use of non-free scripts on web pages, mass | ||
| 123 | surveillance, digital restrictions management (DRM), etc. | ||
| 124 | |||
| 125 | # GNU provides consistent systems | ||
| 126 | |||
| 127 | We develop an operating system and a set of applications, in the form of | ||
| 128 | GNU packages. GNU package developers work together to ensure consistency | ||
| 129 | across packages. GNU packages follow the design and development guidelines | ||
| 130 | of the GNU Project. | ||
| 131 | |||
| 132 | # GNU collaborates with the broader free software community | ||
| 133 | |||
| 134 | Free software has extended beyond the GNU Project, and we work with | ||
| 135 | companion free software projects that develop key components of our system. | ||
| 136 | We aim to extend the reach of free software to new fields. | ||
| 137 | |||
| 138 | # GNU welcomes contributions from all and everyone | ||
| 139 | |||
| 140 | We want to give everyone the opportunity to contribute to our efforts | ||
| 141 | on any of the many tasks that require work. We welcome all contributors, | ||
| 142 | regardless of their gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, level of | ||
| 143 | experience, or any other personal characteristics. We commit to providing | ||
| 144 | a harassment-free experience for all our contributors. | ||