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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).
+The social contract of Parabola is a commitment of the project 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),
+1. **Parabola is libre software**: Products of the Parabola project
+ 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
+2. **Parabola and other distributions**: Parabola's objective is to
+ support the Free Software movement so we only need to compete
+ against non-free 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
+3. **Parabola and its community**: Our community is democratic in its
+ essence, so the community is included whenever there is a need to
+ make a decision. We encourage community participation in the
+ development of the project.
+4. **Parabola and Arch Linux**: Parabola will produce an operating
+ system that is a Free version of [Arch
+ Linux](http://www.archlinux.org/). We provide repositories and
+ installation images without any non-free software. We respect Arch's
+ KISS philosophy (Keep It Simple, Stupid) and its
+ development process. In that sense, Parabola will always maintain
+ retro compatibility with Arch Linux so as to help Free already
working installations.