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====== "Social Contract" with the Free Software Community ====== | ====== "Social Contract" with the Free Software Community ====== | ||
- | ===== BrazilFW will remain 100% free ===== | + | ===== BrazilFW 3.x will remain 100% free ===== |
- | We provide the guidelines that we use to determine if a work is "//**free**//" in the document entitled "//**The BrazilFW Free Software Guidelines**//". | + | We provide the guidelines that we use to determine if a work is "//**free**//" in the document entitled "//**The BrazilFW 3.x Free Software Guidelines**//". |
- | We are committed to develop, deploy and maintain the system BrazilFW, as well as all its components, free according to these guidelines. | + | We are committed to develop, deploy and maintain the system BrazilFW 3.x, as well as all its components, free according to these guidelines. |
- | We will support people who create or use free works on BrazilFW. We will never make the system require the use of a non-free component. | + | We will support people who create or use free works on BrazilFW 3.x. We will never make the system require the use of a non-free component. |
==== We will give back to the free software community ==== | ==== We will give back to the free software community ==== | ||
- | When we write new components of the BrazilFW system, we will license them in a manner consistent with the BrazilFW Free Software | + | When we write new components of the BrazilFW 3.x system, we will license them in a manner consistent with the BrazilFW 3.x Free Software |
Guidelines. We will make the best system we can, so that free works will be widely distributed and used. We will communicate | 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. | things such as bug fixes, improvements and user requests to the "//**upstream**//" authors of works included in our system. | ||
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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 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 allow others to | We will support the needs of our users for operation in many different kinds of computing environments. We will allow others to | ||
- | create distributions containing both the BrazilFW system and other works, without any fee from us. In furtherance of these goals, | + | create distributions containing both the BrazilFW 3.x 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. | we will provide an integrated system of high-quality materials with no legal restrictions that would prevent such uses of the system. | ||
- | ===== The BrazilFW Free Software Guidelines ===== | + | ===== The BrazilFW 3.x Free Software Guidelines ===== |
==== Source Code ==== | ==== Source Code ==== | ||
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of "//**patch files**//" with the source code for the purpose of modifying the program at build time. The license must explicitly | of "//**patch files**//" with the source code for the purpose of modifying the program at build time. The license must explicitly | ||
permit distribution of software built from modified source code. The license may require derived works to carry a different name | permit distribution of software built from modified source code. The license may require derived works to carry a different name | ||
- | or version number from the original software //**This is a compromise. The BrazilFW group encourages all authors not to restrict | + | or version number from the original software //**This is a compromise. The BrazilFW 3.x group encourages all authors not to restrict |
any files, source or binary, from being modified)**//. | any files, source or binary, from being modified)**//. | ||
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of an additional license by those parties. | of an additional license by those parties. | ||
- | ==== License Must Not Be Specific to BrazilFW ==== | + | ==== License Must Not Be Specific to BrazilFW 3.x ==== |
- | The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program's being part of a BrazilFW system. If the program is | + | The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program's being part of a BrazilFW 3.x system. If the program is |
- | extracted from BrazilFW and used or distributed without BrazilFW but otherwise within the terms of the program's license, | + | extracted from BrazilFW 3.x and used or distributed without BrazilFW 3.x but otherwise within the terms of the program's license, |
all parties to whom the program is redistributed should have the same rights as those that are granted in conjunction with | all parties to whom the program is redistributed should have the same rights as those that are granted in conjunction with | ||
- | the BrazilFW system. | + | the BrazilFW 3.x system. |
==== Example Licenses ==== | ==== Example Licenses ==== |