Re: Meaning of `source code'
On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
> > So, if I write a program which needs a non-free compiler to be
> > built, that program _cannot be free_ according to the GPL. But do we
> > consider it free?
>
> No, we do not. We're even stricter - you have to be able to built it
> using packages in the Debian main distribution.
Then, AFAIK, `dpkg' shouldn't be in the Debian main
distribution. I think it needs a libtool from the GNU sources which
is not in Debian yet. Am I wrong here?
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Juan Cespedes
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