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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.