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Clarify the terms of the APGL license and its relation with the Social Contract

Avatar: Ivan Vergés Ivan Vergés verified-badge
30/05/2019 18:34  
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I recently received a comment in my Decidim installation guide asking if the adoption of the Social Contract was mandatory to install Decidim.

Please see all the discussion here to understand the context (I encourage everybody to read the thread):

https://github.com/Platoniq/decidim-install/issues/30

As a summary:
I said that the only legal constraint is the AGPL license and the Social Contract is about being part of the Decidim community.

However, it seems that the social contract itself does not clarify this aspect and he proposes to change that.

QUOTING:

I suggest replacing this sentence from the Social Contract

"The use and development of the Decidim platform by an institution or social group of any kind involves the full and integral acceptance of, and commitment to, this social-contract."

by this one:

The Decidim software is covered by the AGPL license. [You can use it, modify it and redistribute derived versions of it you respect the AGPL license.] Contributions to the Decidim software are moderated by the Decidim association. You are welcome to take part of our association if you accept our Social Contract. Similarily, using the decidim.org platform requires you to respect our Social Contract.

END OF QUOTE

I am not sure if this should be exactly the change needed but I agree with the spirit. I would be nice to hear everybody's opinion on this matter.

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Reference: MDC-PROP-2019-05-14607
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Avatar: txema txema verified-badge
06/06/2019 12:59
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"Social Contract should only be mandatory for Metadecidim or making PRs."

Totally agree

Avatar: txema txema verified-badge
06/06/2019 13:09
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Entiendo que el contrato social es un compromiso de la comunidad metadecidim con las usuarias del software, al modo del contrato social de Debian, y que aunque no tenga un valor estrictamente legal ni por tanto pueda "obligar" a nadie, sí es exigible a la comunidad metadecidim.

Por otro lado, hay al menos dos cuestiones que creo se deben tener en cuenta:

Para modificar el texto del contrato social será necesario articular el proceso correspondiente, incluyendo el acuerdo de la comunidad sobre esa modificación.

y 2, deberíamos incluir en los estatutos de la asociación Metadecidim como causa de expulsión el incumplimiento del contrato social. No se si esto está previsto.

Avatar: txema txema verified-badge
06/06/2019 13:11
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English translation with DeepL:
I understand that the social contract is a commitment of the metadecidim community with the users of the software, in the way of the Debian social contract, and that although it does not have a strictly legal value nor therefore can "force" anyone, it is exigible to the metadecidim community.

On the other hand, there are at least two issues that I think should be taken into account:

To modify the text of the social contract it will be necessary to articulate the corresponding process, including the agreement of the community on that modification.

In order to modify the text of the social contract, it will be necessary to articulate the corresponding process, including the agreement of the community on this modification. and 2, we should include in the statutes of the association Metadecidim as a cause of expulsion the breach of the social contract. I don't know if this is foreseen.

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