Re: REVISED PROPOSAL regarding DFSG 3 and 4, licenses, and modifiable text
Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes:
> Message-ID: <[🔎] 20011202051311.GC25368@deadbeast.net>
> > A proportional limit seems more sensible to me.
>
> It doesn't to me. I don't find a megabyte of invariant text acceptable,
> whether the total work is 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, or even 20 megabytes. Beyond
> that we're getting into highly unusual territory for Debian packages in
> general.
But you do find a megabyte acceptable, as long as it's split up among
many different packages?
> > especially since it's easier to deliberately evade a fixed limit
> > system.
>
> How so? Can you provide some examples?
Yes. I want my novella published, so I break it up into pieces, and
attach each piece to a different package; done.
In the case of a proportional test, I must provide that much actual
work too (and benefit for the project), at the same time, for it to be
possible--that's a big hassle.
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