On Oct 1, 2021, "Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli" wrote:
> What are the best practice to fix cases like u-boot or fix other
> nonfree code found in free software source code for the various FSDG
> compliant distributions?
IMHO the platinum standard to aim for, of not participating in the
distribution or
On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 23:44:06 +0300 Jean wrote:
> Copyright is not void if software is not in "usable" form.
yea i was just setting-up for the bit where i mentioned that any
libre changes to its VCS, would probably still represent the
removed bits in the diffs
* bill-auger [2021-10-02 18:16]:
> On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 00:50:50 +0200 Denis wrote:
> > - Can I simply do some rm -rf inside the package definition to remove
> > these files? In that case the nonfree code might still be present in
> > the source code shipped alongside the package.
> >
> > - What
the "maven" question illuminates an important distinction
between the FSDG and the FSD - i think that the answer would be
different for each - for one thing, the FSDG criteria is far more
extensive - i dont believe that any FSD criteria relates to
foreign repositories where other non-free software
On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:32:23 +0200 Denis wrote:
> https://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines
> can also help but I'm not sure how up to date it is and in most cases
> software listed there is probably handled already by most FSDG
> co
On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 00:50:50 +0200 Denis wrote:
> - Can I simply do some rm -rf inside the package definition to remove
> these files? In that case the nonfree code might still be present in
> the source code shipped alongside the package.
>
> - What about git repositories, like with Replicant?
