From d06bcfbde6ca2cf6d66178b8ace52090ef06849f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Wielaard Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 13:44:06 +0100 Subject: Add a little background to social-contract-endorsement. --- pages/gnu/social-contract-endorsement.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'pages') diff --git a/pages/gnu/social-contract-endorsement.txt b/pages/gnu/social-contract-endorsement.txt index 0cad835..6b9a47b 100644 --- a/pages/gnu/social-contract-endorsement.txt +++ b/pages/gnu/social-contract-endorsement.txt @@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ # GNU Social Contract Endorsement --- -This page collects endorsements and rejections of [version 1.0 of the -GNU Social Contract](gnu:social-contract) by GNU maintainers. The -endorsement period *will end on February 24th, 2020*—see the timeline -below. +This page collects endorsements of [version 1.0 of the GNU Social +Contract](gnu:social-contract) by GNU maintainers. The endorsement +period *will end on February 24th, 2020*—see the timeline below. # Endorsements @@ -35,4 +34,18 @@ The following maintainers endorse the GNU Social Contract, version 1.0: - *February 11th, 2020*. This page is created. - *February 24th, 2020*. End of endorsement period. +# Background + +The goal of the GNU Social Contract is to state the core values GNU +maintainers who have endorsed it are committed to uphold. It is both +an agreement among us, GNU contributors, and a pledge to the broader +free software community. + +Additionally, we think it can be a first step towards formalizing a +transparent and collective governance of the GNU Project. + +This initiative is not supported by Richard Stallman. Nevertheless, +we consider it a legitimate action by and for GNU maintainers to +collectively define the core values we believe GNU stands for. + -- cgit v1.2.1