[apologies for the poorly edited previous post, it was sent accidentally.] Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It appears what you don't understand is what the DFSG actually says, > since you're playing word substitution games with the text. An accusation that could easily be made from many contradictory positions. The DFSG is not unambiguous in its wording, which of course leads to these conflicting interpretations, and leads us to call General Resolutions in some cases. Fortunately, in the case of programmatic works and DFSG §2, the Debian project has *already* voted on the interperatation and decided <URL:http://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_004> that the requirement for source code applies to all programmatic works in Debian: … the Debian Project: Reaffirms that programmatic works distributed in the Debian system (IE, in main) must be 100% Free Software, regardless of whether the work is designed to run on the CPU, a subsidiary processing unit, or by some other form of execution. That is, works must include the form that the copyright holder or upstream developer would actually use for modification. There are doubtless many other hairs to split in the DFSG, but that one, at least, has been resolved. > Maybe /you've/ promised not to distribute any works without source > code in Debian. The Debian project has done no such thing. Insofar as we're talking about programmatic works, and insofar as the Debian project has resolved the above interpretation of source code requirement, then yes, the Debian project *has* promised to do that. -- \ “If I had known what it would be like to have it all... I might | `\ have been willing to settle for less.” —Jane Wagner, via Lily | _o__) Tomlin | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]