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+The social contract of Parabola GNU/Linux is a commitment of the
+distribution with the libre software community in general and its users
+in particular. It is because of this that our social contract will
+always follow the philosophy of free knowledge. All the amendments to
+this social contract must be faithful to the spirit of the [Free
+Software Movement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_movement).
+
+1.  **Parabola GNU/Linux is libre software:** it will follow the [GNU
+    free system distribution
+    guidelines](http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html),
+    so it doesn't include or recommend proprietary software or
+    documentation and it does not provide any type of support for their
+    installation or execution. This includes: proprietary software,
+    binary only firmware or [binary blobs](wp:Binary_blob "wikilink").
+2.  **Parabola GNU/Linux and other distributions:** Parabola's objective
+    is to support the free software movement so we only need to compete
+    against nonfree software. Parabola will strive to support other free
+    software projects as best it can and any information from our
+    project will be available for anybody who needs it. That includes
+    our packages and repositories.
+3.  **Parabola GNU/Linux and its community:** our community is
+    democratic in its essence, so the community is included whenever
+    there is a need to take a decision. We encourage community
+    participation in the development of the project.
+4.  **Parabola GNU/Linux and ArchLinux:** Parabola is the free version
+    of [ArchLinux](http://www.archlinux.org/ "wikilink"). We provide
+    repositories and installation images without any nonfree software.
+    We respect Arch's KISS philosophy (Keep It Simple, Stupid) and its
+    developing process. In that sense, Parabola will always maintain
+    retro compatibility with Arch so as to help free already
+    working installations.
+