On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 03:18:00PM +0200, Kalle Kivimaa wrote: > Anton Zinoviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>From DFSG: > > > > The license may restrict source-code from being distributed in > > modified form _only_ if the license allows the distribution of > > "patch files" with the source code for the purpose of modifying the > > program at build time. > > What is the difference between a "patch file" as used in DFSG and a > "build system to produce a patch file" as used by you? I think a set > of files which run on the original source to produce the modified > source do qualify as a "patch file set", no matter how complex the > production run needs to be, as long as it is automated.
I accept your reasoning. However I don't mean that DFSG forbid us to use such "build system". I mean that the license is allowed to require explicitly the use of conventional patch files then and still it will be free acording to DFSG. Anton Zinoviev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
