David, this is the place were source code lives:
http://www.gnusolaris.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/browser/gnusolaris1/gnu or http://www.gnusolaris.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/browser/gnusolaris1 If you do not see something specific, or newer versions, like(you can find debarchiver-0.3 but we have debarchiver-0.4 packaged), that means it is not committed yet and we are testing it right now and will be committed shortly. Erast > Dear Alex! > > On Monday 07 November 2005 21:58, Alex Ross wrote: >> John Hasler wrote: >> > David Schmitt writes: >> >> I have downloaded the elatte_live_prealpha1_x86.iso.gz[1] from your >> >> website and found a dpkg binary on it. >> >> >> >> Much to my dismay I was not able to locate the source for this >> binary, >> >> despite it being obviously under the GPL[2]. >> > >> > Was the requisite written offer included? Would you be willing to >> check >> > the CD for other GPL software and notify the authors if you find any? >> >> It's a bug, bad link on a generated page. >> >> Here's the correct link: >> >> http://www.gnusolaris.org/apt/dists/unstable/main/source/base/ >> >> We'll look more into this. Thanks for the notice! > > Thank you for your fast response! > > I took a look at the URL you provided and still have the following > problems: > > * I found the files dpkg_1.13.10-0gnusol2.dsc and > dpkg_1.13.10-0gnusol2.tar.gz > which declare a Build-Dependency on libncurses5-dev | libncurses-dev. > Neither > of which can be satisfied using your Sources file from > http://www.gnusolaris.org/apt/dists/unstable/main/source/Sources > > * Since this is based on Debian, I expected to find a build-essential > package > detailling further build requirements. I was not able to find such. Please > consider adding such a package as a service to your users as well as > documentation for your further obligations under the GPL Section 2. > > * Further I downloaded some of the sunw* source packages which all seem to > be > empty except for some boilerplate code under the respective debian/ > directories. > > Thus I kindly request you to supply the sources for the full development > environment (including headers, scripts, kernel, compiler and libraries) > since most of these seem to accompany dpkg on the distributed ISO. > > * While browsing through your I couldn't find source for your version > (0.6.40.1-1.1) of apt nor your version of debhelper (4.9.3elatte), since > both > are GPL and the latter is even a build-dependency for some of the sunw* > packages I kindly request that you fullfill your obligation under the GPL > that you provide the sources for these packages too. > > > Regards, David Schmitt > -- > - hallo... wie gehts heute? > - *hust* gut *rotz* *keuch* > - gott sei dank kommunizieren wir über ein septisches medium ;) > -- Matthias Leeb, Uni f. angewandte Kunst, 2005-02-15 > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
