[Charlie Smotherman] > "ampache ships a swf file but does not build it from source." > > I am curious to know which part of Debian Policy states that this is > required? I have search but was unable to find anything.
It is the principle. If I am an end user, and I want to modify your .swf file on my Debian system, how do I do it? What do I edit? Do I need to go through a separate step to obtain a usable .swf with my modifications in it? Source code is a means to an end. The end is the ability of the end user to customize the software. If you get source code but no way to build a new .swf file from it, this end is not served. (Although Debian doesn't strictly subscribe to the FSF's "Four Freedoms" (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html), I think the FSF's explanation of "freedom 1" is pretty good.) Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100804215911.gg3...@p12n.org
