Le Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:42:07AM +0000, MJ Ray a écrit : > Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> H> > Le Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:56:36PM +0000, MJ Ray a écrit : > > > Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> > > > > According to our social contract, “We promise that the Debian system > > > > and all > > > > its components will be free according to [the DFSG].” [...] > > > > > > Wow, that's a twist. So how do you get around the idea that the > > > program must include source? > > > > in my opinion, if a file contained in a Debian source package has no > > function > > in the Debian system, if its removal has actually no effect on the system at > > all, then it is reasonable to declare that it is not part of the Debian > > system. > > In other words, just blatently ignore the bit of the DFSG that says > that programs must include source. Well, that explains it :-/
Yes, exactly. In this draft GR I propose to ignore some DFSG-non-free files, which includes sourceless files. Our social contract only stipulates that the Debian sytstem must be DFSG-free. We already have a non-free section for the non-free works that we would like to distribute for the purpose of being used with the our operating system. I think that our social contract also allow us to distribute innert non-free files together with the source of the Debian system as long as they do not take part of it. Doing this on purpose would of course be a big hypocrisy. We could mention in the GR that it is not acceptable to repack an upstream tarball for adding a non-free file, nor to include some in the debian diff or tarball component of the source package, nor for Debian to distribute its own developments as source packages containing non-free files since we have to show the way (note that not all packages in native format are Debian developments). Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org