Re: Bug#4078: lyx should be in `contrib'

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

alegre@saturn.superlink.net writes ("Re: Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib'"):
...
> I would still not be able to rebuild from scratch. Any user should be able
> to rebuild any package in the official Debian distribution from the
> original source plus our patches.

Thank you, that is exactly what the policy is trying to achieve.

With your permission, I hope, I've added the fragment below near the
start of the section on copyright in the policy manual.

Ian.

The aims of the policy detailed below are:
<list compact>
<item>
That any user be able to rebuild any package in the official Debian
distribution from the original source plus our patches.
<item>
That we make available in our packaging formats as much software as we
can.
<item>
That it be easy for people to make CDROMs of our distribution without
violating copyrights.
</list>
<p>