## page was renamed from DebianDeveloper/JoinTheProject/NewMemberStep2
#language en

This page is up to date in April 2020, it is suggested to the Applicant to exert caution and trust in priority the [[https://nm.debian.org|New Member]] website.

= SC/DFSG/DMUP agreement =

An applicant to the "Debian Developer, uploading" or the "Debian Developer, non-uploading" must agree to uphold the [[https://www.debian.org/social_contract|Debian Social Contract]] and the [[https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines|Debian Free Software Guidelines]]. The Applicant will also get, if their application is accepted, a LDAP account which will allow them to log on some servers of the Debian Infrastructure. The Applicant therefore has to agree to respect the [[https://www.debian.org/devel/dmup|Debian Machine Usage Policies]].

This is normally done through visiting https://nm.debian.org/process/XXX/sc_dmup , where XXX is the Applicant's Process number and post a signed message.

The message can be wrote in a plain text file, using one's favourite editor, and then signed using a command like {{{cat text_file|gpg --clearsign --default-key $APPLICANT_KEY_ID}}}.

Normally, the command to use is suggested on the Applicant's SC/DFSG/DMUP page.

After submitting this signed statement (the message along with the OpenPGP signature obtained through the recommended command) through the form on the appropriate page, this step is done.