Copyright © 2010 Caringo, Inc.All rights reserved 23Version 5.0December 2010Debian, the producers of the Debian GNU/Linux system, have created the Debian SocialContract. The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) part of the contract, initially designedas a set of commitments that we agree to abide by, has been adopted by the free softwarecommunity as the basis of the Open Source Definition.Social Contract with the Free Software Community1. Debian will remain 100% freeWe provide the guidelines that we use to determine if a work is free in the document entitledThe Debian Free Software Guidelines. We promise that the Debian system and all its componentswill be free according to these guidelines. We will support people who create or use both free andnon-free works on Debian. We will never make the system require the use of a non-free component.2. We will give back to the free software communityWhen we write new components of the Debian system, we will license them in a manner consistentwith the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We will make the best system we can, so that free workswill be widely distributed and used. We will communicate things such as bug fixes, improvementsand user requests to the upstream authors of works included in our system.3. We will not hide problemsWe will keep our entire bug report database open for public view at all times. Reports that peoplefile online will promptly become visible to others.4. Our priorities are our users and free softwareWe will be guided by the needs of our users and the free software community. We will place theirinterests first in our priorities. We will support the needs of our users for operation in many differentkinds of computing environments. We will not object to non-free works that are intended to be usedon Debian systems, or attempt to charge a fee to people who create or use such works. We willallow others to create distributions containing both the Debian system and other works, without anyfee from us. In furtherance of these goals, we will provide an integrated system of high-qualitymaterials with no legal restrictions that would prevent such uses of the system.5. Works that do not meet our free software standardsWe acknowledge that some of our users require the use of works that do not conform to the DebianFree Software Guidelines. We have created contrib and non-free areas in our archive for these works.The packages in these areas are not part of the Debian system, although they have been configured foruse with Debian. We encourage CD manufacturers to read the licenses of the packages in these areasand determine if they can distribute the packages on their CDs. Thus, although non-free works are nota part of Debian, we support their use and provide infrastructure for non-free packages (such as ourbug tracking system and mailing lists).The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)1. Free RedistributionThe license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software asa 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.