Re: Meaning of `source code'
Richard Braakman wrote:
>However, the DFSG does not contain anything like the "The source code
>for a work means the preferred form of the work for making
>modifications to it".
>
>I think it should, to make clear that things like compiler output
>are not source even though they might not be binary either.
>
>(An actual example of this was the smalleiffel package, though I haven't
>looked at it recently).
>
That is still the case. To be precise, the smalleiffel compiler is itself
written in Eiffel, but the upstream package only provides the C code
generated by the Eiffel compiler when compiling itself. It is possible
to build the package using only free software; it is _possible_ but not
practicable to change the compiler and tools by editing the C code.
To compound the confusion, the developers have put it under the GPL!
Should I move it to non-free?
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