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OK, here we go with P&P, checking your knowledge of Debian policies and
procedures.  In preparation, you should read the Debian constitution[1],
Social Contract[2] and the Free Software Guidelines, and finally the
developer's reference[3] and the current version of Debian policy[4].

After you have done this, please answer the following set of questions
and try to be quite verbose in your answers. This, and the next half of
P&P are the main areas that we can only check via your written
communications (no packages or keys to go on), so the more you can tell
me (which means the less prodding replies), the better. :)


First, please explain the key points of the Social Contract and the
DFSG _in your own words_.  Also, describe what you personally think
about these documents.

Secondly, a few questions, based on them:

 0. What is Debian's approach to non-free software?  Why?  Is non-free
    part of the Debian System?

 1. Suppose that Debian were offered a Debian-specific license to
    package a certain piece of software: would we put it in main?

 2. Donald Knuth, author of TeX, insists that no-one has the right to
    modify the source code of TeX, and that any changes must be made using
    "change files" (a sort of patch file).  Is this allowed for a program
    for the main section of Debian?

 3. Do you know (and can you explain) the difference between free speech
    and free beer?  Is Debian mainly about free speech or free beer?

 4. The e-mail client pine is in non-free.  Can you tell me the
    difference between main, contrib and non-free?  Do you know what's
    wrong with Pine's current license in regard to the DFSG? (You can
    read the license here:
    http://www.washington.edu/pine/overview/legal.html)

 5. At http://people.debian.org/~joerg/bad.licenses.tar.bz2 you can
    find a tarball of bad licenses. Please compare the graphviz and two
    other (your choice) licenses with the first nine points of the DFSG
    and show what changes would be needed to make them DFSG-free.
	There's no need to compare word for word (which would be impossible
    for some licenses anyway), but you should spot the biggest mistakes.

5a. The GNU Free Documentaion License (FDL) has been heavily discussed
    on debian-legal recently. Please read
    http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.html and
    briefly explain how you feel about including documents
    licensed under the FDL in main and what the consequences of this
    position might be for Debian.

5b. How do *you* check if a license is DFSG-compatible? 

5c. There are a few "tests" for this purpose, they are based on [not
    really] common situations. Do you know one (or more) of these?
    Explain it/them to me and point out which common problems can be
    discovered by it/them.

 6. Are there any sections of the DFSG or Social Contract that you
    might like to see changed? If so, which ones, and why?

Do you agree to uphold the Social Contract and the DFSG in your Debian
work?

If you are accepted as a Debian developer, you will get accounts
on the Debian machines.  Have you read the Debian Machine Usage
Policies (DMUP) at http://www.debian.org/devel/dmup ?  Do you
accept them?

After you have mailed this back to me (you need to sign this mail with
GPG, please don't forget this), I will go over your answers.  If all is
satisfactory, I will give you phase II of the P&P test.


URLs: 
[1] http://www.debian.org/devel/constitution
		Constitution for the Debian Project

[2] http://www.debian.org/social_contract.en.html
		Debian Social Contract

[3] http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/
		Debian Developer's Reference

[4] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/
		Debian Policy Manual