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General Public License for more details.
<p>
A copy of the GNU General Public License is available as &file-GPL; in
-the Debian GNU/Linux distribution or on the World Wide Web at <url
+the &debian-formal; distribution or on the World Wide Web at <url
id="&url-gpl;" name="the GNU website">. You can also obtain it by
writing to the &fsf-addr;.
helpful.
<p>
-When you know how you want to contribute to the Debian Project, you
+When you know how you want to contribute to &debian-formal;, you
should get in contact with existing Debian maintainers who are working
on similar tasks. That way, you can learn from experienced developers.
For example, if you are interested in packaging existing software for
<sect id="registering">Registering as a Debian developer
<p>
-Before you decide to register with the Debian Project, you will need
-to read all the information available at the <url id="&url-newmaint;"
-name="New Maintainer's Corner">. It describes exactly the preparations
-you have to do before you can register to become a Debian developer.
-
-For example, before you apply, you have to to read the
-<url id="&url-social-contract;" name="Debian Social Contract">.
-Registering as a developer means that you agree with and
-pledge to uphold the Debian Social Contract; it is very important that
-maintainers are in accord with the essential ideas behind Debian
-GNU/Linux. Reading the <url id="&url-gnu-manifesto;" name="GNU
+Before you decide to register with &debian-formal;, you will need to
+read all the information available at the <url id="&url-newmaint;"
+name="New Maintainer's Corner">. It describes exactly the
+preparations you have to do before you can register to become a Debian
+developer.
+
+For example, before you apply, you have to to read the <url
+id="&url-social-contract;" name="Debian Social Contract">.
+Registering as a developer means that you agree with and pledge to
+uphold the Debian Social Contract; it is very important that
+maintainers are in accord with the essential ideas behind
+&debian-formal;. Reading the <url id="&url-gnu-manifesto;" name="GNU
Manifesto"> would also be a good idea.
<p>
The process of registering as a developer is a process of verifying
-your identity and intentions, and checking your technical skills.
-As the number of people working on Debian has grown to over
+your identity and intentions, and checking your technical skills. As
+the number of people working on &debian-formal; has grown to over
&number-of-maintainers; people and our systems are used in several
very important places we have to be careful about being compromised.
Therefore, we need to verify new maintainers before we can give them
citizens. This need not impede one's activities as a Debian package
maintainer however, as it may be perfectly legal to use cryptographic
products for authentication, rather than encryption purposes (as is
-the case in France). The Debian Project does not require the use of
+the case in France). &debian-formal; does not require the use of
cryptography <em>qua</em> cryptography in any manner. If you live in a
country where use of cryptography even for authentication is forbidden
then please contact us so we can make special arrangements.
<p>
When you are ready to apply, you need an existing Debian maintainer
to verify your application (an <em>advocate</em>). After you have
-contributed to the Project and when you want to apply to become a
+contributed to Debian for a while, and you want to apply to become a
registered developer, an existing developer with whom you
have worked over the past months has to express his belief that you
-can contribute to the Project successfully.
+can contribute to Debian successfully.
<p>
When you have found an advocate, have your GPG key signed and have
already contributed to Debian for a while, you're ready to apply.
<sect>Overview
<p>
-The Debian GNU/Linux distribution consists of a lot of Debian packages
+The &debian-formal; distribution consists of a lot of Debian packages
(<tt>.deb</tt>'s, currently around &number-of-pkgs;) and a few
additional files (documentation, installation disk images, etc.).
<p>
<sect>Sections
<p>
The <em>main</em> section of the Debian archive is what makes up the
-<strong>official Debian GNU/Linux distribution</strong>.
-The <em>main</em> section is official because it fully complies with
-all our guidelines. The other two sections do not, to different degrees;
-as such, they are <strong>not</strong> officially part of Debian GNU/Linux.
+<strong>official &debian-formal; distribution</strong>. The
+<em>main</em> section is official because it fully complies with all
+our guidelines. The other two sections do not, to different degrees;
+as such, they are <strong>not</strong> officially part of
+&debian-formal;.
<p>
Every package in the main section must fully comply with the <url
id="&url-dfsg;" name="Debian Free Software Guidelines"> (DFSG) and
<em>alpha</em>, <em>powerpc</em>, <em>sparc</em>, <em>hurd-i386</em>,
and <em>arm</em>, as of this writing.
<p>
-Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 is only available as <em>i386</em>. Debian 2.0
+&debian-formal; 1.3 is only available as <em>i386</em>. Debian 2.0
shipped for <em>i386</em> and <em>m68k</em> architectures. Debian 2.1
ships for the <em>i386</em>, <em>m68k</em>, <em>alpha</em>, and
<em>sparc</em> architectures. Debian 2.2 adds support for the