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en:contract [2013/10/23 15:38]
woshman created
en:contract [2017/04/24 09:05] (current)
reginaldo
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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 ====
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