sc-email: Add current draft of the Social Contract.

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   - Carlos O’Donell
   - Mark Wielaard
   - Andy Wingo
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+GNU Social Contract [DRAFT]
+--------------------
+
+This document states the core commitments of the GNU Project to the
+broader free software community.  All current GNU Project members
+have agreed to uphold these values.
+
+
+The purpose of the GNU Project is to provide software and systems that
+respect users' freedoms.
+
+# GNU respects users' freedoms
+
+We provide software that guarantees to users the four essential freedoms,
+without compromise:
+  0. The freedom to run the program as they wish, for any purpose.
+  1. The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does
+     their computing as they wish.
+     Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
+  2. The freedom to redistribute copies so they can help others.
+  3. The freedom to distribute copies of their modified versions to others.
+     By doing this they can give the whole community a chance to benefit
+     from their changes.
+     Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
+
+All software written by us is distributed under copyleft licenses, designed
+to ensure that developers cannot strip off users' freedom from GNU software.
+
+Besides upholding the four essential freedoms, we pay attention and respond
+to new threats to users' freedom as they arise, such as services as a
+software substitute (SaaSS), use of non-free scripts on web pages, mass
+surveillance, digital restrictions management (DRM), etc.
+
+# GNU provides consistent systems
+
+We develop an operating system and a set of applications, in the form of
+GNU packages.  GNU package developers work together to ensure consistency
+across packages.  GNU packages follow the design and development guidelines
+of the GNU Project.
+
+# GNU collaborates with the broader free software community
+
+Free software has extended beyond the GNU Project, and we work with
+companion free software projects that develop key components of our system.
+We aim to extend the reach of free software to new fields.
+
+# GNU welcomes contributions from all and everyone
+
+We want to give everyone the opportunity to contribute to our efforts
+on any of the many tasks that require work.  We welcome all contributors,
+regardless of their gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, level of
+experience, or any other personal characteristics.  We commit to providing
+a harassment-free experience for all our contributors.