On 3 okt 2006, at 17.32, Theodore Tso wrote:
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 04:52:59PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
There is DFSG #4: 'Integrity of The Author's Source Code: 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.' http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
That's not completely explicit, but it does suggest that source-code
should be modifiable.
Documentation != source code, especially given the context of DFSG #4
which states "for the purpose of modifying the program at build time".
The binaries don't depend on the I-D at all.
Actually, until now, I haven't looked in source code packages for
DFSG-nonfree material, and I should probably find a better reference
to why source packages has to be DFSG-free, if that is actually the
case at all (I'm not sure on that). I'll ask on debian-legal.
This is out of scope of debian-legal, I think, because it's not a
matter of interpreting the DFSG or a license. It's really matter for
the FTP masters and the Release manager, I think.
I just found a better reference, linked from release.debian.org, see:
http://release.debian.org/etch_rc_policy.txt
It says:
1. DFSG-freeness
All content in main and contrib must meet the DFSG, both in .debs and
in the source (including the .orig.tar.gz)
This seems pretty clear to me.
/Simon
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