On 08/17/2012 09:39 AM, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Vincent Bernat <ber...@debian.org>, 2012-08-16, 19:24: >> 1. The license allows redistribution and modification of the minified >> version without having the sources. Therefore, we are only dealing >> with DFSG here. > > While jQuery license is permissive, it does impose certain conditions[0] > on distributors. In my experience, upstreams often fail to fulfil these > requirements. > >> 3. Repacking the original tarball just to remove those files is extra >> work. > > Part of the problem is that we lack good tools to do this extra work for > us. Really, repacking shouldn't be a tedious operation, it shouldn't > take more than 5 seconds, it shouldn't require writing two dozens lines > of code and documentation. :(
But it usually does and also results in a source tarball which is missing essential pieces of the software, so people who download it for non-Debian usage will fail to run the shipped source just because we removed an otherwise free piece of software. > [0] “The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be > included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.” > -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- 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/502e0675.3040...@bzed.de
