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The social contract of Parabola GNU/Linux-libre 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-libre 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](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob).
2. **Parabola GNU/Linux-libre 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-libre 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-libre and Arch (Linux kernel based):** Parabola
is the free version of [Arch (Linux
kernel based)](http://www.archlinux.org/). 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.
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