Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> As for distributing the blobs itself they can be relicensed under >> BSD license or similar (if their aren't already) that doesn't have >> such a problem with a char data[] = { 0x17, ... } source file, >> something without the prefered source form clause. Even putting some >> in non-free works fine. > > They'd pretty much have to go into non-free, as I'd imagine most of > them wouldn't be able to satisfy DFSG 2 if they were unable to satisfy > the GPL's source code requirement. > > > Don Armstrong
GPL's source code requirement says something about prefered form of modification. The char data[] = { ... } is not the prefered form for most people or not even source for others. The DFSG is less strict there. MfG Goswin