On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 03:11:36AM +0200, Erich Schubert wrote: > 1. "Where source code is the earliest format of data that can be brought > to use using software available in Debian." > Drawback i see: Say an author used $proprietary-font-format to produce a > nice ttf font we want to distribute. As long as there is no DFSG-free > tool to convert this to ttf. But if someone writes such a tool, the font > will suddenly have to go to non-free. If something can become non-free because someone writes a free editor to edit it, I do not think it was free in the first place. > 2. "Where 'source code' is a format of the data such that some Debian > developer is capable of modifying, understanding, extending or fixing > its behaviour using this data at a level comparable to the original > author and such modifications must be allowed." > i.e. we must be able to fix bugs or alter the behaviour when needed. > For a font this probably means we can fix broken chars, maybe clone and > add new chars etc. Some developer having an appropriate tool will be > able to do that. Same goes for images. The ability to fix bugs is in no way a good measure to see whether you have source. With the right knowledge, one can fix bugs with a disassembler and the binary of a program; that doesn't mean the source is available. -- EARTH smog | bricks AIR -- mud -- FIRE soda water | tequila WATER -- with thanks to fortune
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