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second draft

I sent a version slightly earlier than the first draft you saw to Richard
Stallman. His only response was to harp on the issue of unstripped executables!
I don't know if that means he doesn't care about the other issues or if he
simply gave up without reading the rest. I suggested he give up on some of
his more minor points so that he could have his way on the big ones.

This second draft, I hope, deals with some of your objections.

	Bruce

DEBIAN's RELATIONSHIP WITH FSF

We want to be able to work with FSF, but we acknowledge that our goals
sometimes differ from those of FSF. Thus, we've set down some policy items 
for our relationship with FSF and others.

1. The core of the Debian distribution must be entirely freely
   redistributable software. Non-essential accessories may have
   different licensing terms, but we of course encourage their authors
   to make them freely redistributable.

2. We assert that the GPL and LGPL are our preferred software licenses. Other
   licenses that make software freely redistributable, such as the BSD license,
   the "Artistic" license, and public-domain are acceptable to us.

3. We recognize and honor the contribution of BSD, FSF, independent
   hackers, businesses, schools, students, and people who write
   directly for Debian, and do not place a greater attribution on one
   group than any other.

4. Any interested party is welcome to participate in Debian as a peer
   with all other Debian contributors and repackagers. An overriding
   priority will not be placed on any one group's requirements. If FSF
   chooses to participate in Debian, it will be under these terms.

5. The name of this distribution is currently "Debian Linux". The name
   may change, but we don't plan on using the GNU name, since we're not
   supervised by FSF. We've been using the baby GNU logo, but we should
   now cede that to FSF to use on their own repackaging of Debian.
   FSF is welcome to market their own version of Debian as "Official
   GNU Linux" if they desire.

6. We recommend that linuxdoc.sgml be used for documentation.
   Linuxdoc.sgml is an SGML that generates texinfo, groff, and HTML.
   It generates documentation in a format that is compatible with both
   Debian's and FSF's requirements. We continue to accept any
   machine-readable documentation format that can be rendered using free
   software tools.
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