Editing Debian Social Contract (section)

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The '''Debian Social Contract''' (DSC) is a document that frames the moral agenda of the [[Debian]] project. The values outlined in the Social Contract provide the basic principles for the [[Debian Free Software Guidelines]] that serve as the basis of the [[Open Source Definition]].

Debian believes the makers of a [[free software]] operating system should provide guarantees when a user entrusts them with control of a computer. These guarantees include:
*Ensuring that the operating system remains open and free.
*Giving improvements back to the community that made the operating system possible.
*Not hiding problems with the software or organization.
*Staying focused on the users and the software that started the phenomenon.
*Making it possible for the software to be used with non-free software.