Re: Look at the copyright before changing upstream sources
On 17 Nov 2001, James Troup wrote:
> Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> writes:
>
> > > 1. Non-free packages
> > > Non-free packages have many different licenses. Many of them don't allow
> > > you to change the upstream sources.
> >
> > The ftp masters should've done that when the package was first
> > uploaded. If no modifications are allowed, then the package
> > shouldn't be allowed in.
>
> Err, not for non-free. For non-free we only require
> redistributability, not the ability to modify. If someone wants to
> get consensus (and/or policy changed) to require modifiyability for
> non-free packages, we'll gladly change our license checking procedures
> to match that. (However this would probably additionally require
> removing quite a few packages from non-free...)
Non-free packages don't even have to have source uploaded. For all we know,
someone may have modified the compiled form, before placing into a deb.
As to removing non-free packages, is that such a crime? :)
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