Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > "Marco d'Itri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >Do we have to split the alsa-tools source into two packages, one free >> >and one non-free/contrib? It will make it a bit harder. >> No. > > Unfortunately, that is not the case. All of the source for packages > in main must satisfy the DFSG. For example, if there are some > non-free, but distributable, files in the original tar ball, those > have to be taken out and a new "original" tar ball made.
I don't have the original mails at hand, but IIRC the problem was that some parts of the package _depend_ on something in non-free. In this case, the split-off binary package would go to contrib, and the sources can stay in main. If an upstream tarball contains code that is only needed for compiling on M$ Windows, but is itself free, it can stay in main as well. Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer