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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](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blob).
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/). 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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