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Re: need contact for fix for Intel Pentium processor errata

Please contact Christian Hudon <chrish@debian.org>, and copy me.
Christian is a security officer, and I am the project leader. Because
of Debian's distribution policy, we need the patch in source-code form,
and the software license should comply with the attached document.
Hopefully this will not be a problem for you.

	Thanks

	Bruce

            THE DEBIAN FREE SOFTWARE GUIDELINES

1. Free Redistribution

The license of a Debian component may not restrict any party from
selling or giving away the software as a 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.

2. Source Code

The program must include source code, and must allow distribution in
source code as well as compiled form.

3. Derived Works

The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow
them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original
software.

4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code

The license may restrict source-code from being distributed in modified
form _only_ if the license allows the distribution 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 or version number from the original software.
(This is a compromise. The Debian group encourages all authors to not
 restrict any files, source or binary, from being modified.)

5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups

The license must not discriminate against any person or group of
persons.

6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor

The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program
in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the
program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic
research.

7. Distribution of License

The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the
program is redistributed without the need for execution of an
additional license by those parties.

8. License Must Not Be Specific to Debian

The rights attached to the program must not depend on the program's
being part of a Debian system. If the program is extracted from Debian
and used or distributed without Debian 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
the Debian system.

9. License Must Not Contaminate Other Software

The license must not place restrictions on other software that is
distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the
license must not insist that all other programs distributed on the
same medium must be free software.

10. Example Licenses

The "GPL", "BSD", and "Artistic" licenses are examples of licenses
that we consider "free".

===================================================================

The concept of a Linux distribution stating its "social contract with
the free software community" was suggested to me by Ean Schussler. I
composed a draft, and then it was refined by the Debian developers in
e-mail confernce during most of June. They then voted to approve it as
our publicly stated policy. We hope that other software projects,
including other Linux distributions, will use this document as a model.
We will gladly grant permission for any such use.

	Respectfully Submitted

	Bruce Perens
	Debian Project Leader
-- 
Can you get your operating system fixed when you need it?
Linux - the supportable operating system. http://www.debian.org/support.html
Bruce Perens K6BP   bruce@debian.org   NEW PHONE NUMBER: 510-620-3502


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