Re: Intent to package: uedit
James Troup wrote:
> As to placement within the Debian archive, it will have to go to
> non-free as due to the haranguing and harassment of inhabitants of
> comp.os.linux.* the author is loathed to reveal his secrets in case
> sicko Linux-leechers try to steal his ideas, so there is no source.
I must object most strenuously to its placement. The Debian Free
Software Guidelines fail to define "Source Code", but I believe
the definition given in the GNU General Public License is quite
adequate: "The source code for a work means the preferred form of
the work for making modifications to it".
Since the only modifications one might possibly want to make to
uedit all involve the use of the "rm" utility, which works just
*fine* on sources and executables alike, I see no obstacle to
placing this significant program in the main distribution.
Richard Braakman
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