On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 12:35:29PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > > "Source" is usually interpreted like the GPL's "preferred form for > > modification". > > Exactly, and a bitmap image often isn't such a preferred form, and so > is some (most?) Postscript code. And we reject such things on a regular basis. Nothing's changed here. > > I was rather surprised myself by the notion that the release plan had > > been depending on a loophole in the wording in order to excuse > > violating the spirit of the SC. > > It's not as clear-cut as you would like it. Our users might be better > served with a new release, even if some of the issues that are still > in woody have not been resolved, instead of delaying it further for > purely political reasons (and not technical ones). Funny, I don't see anything unclear about the SC. This is the foundational document describing what Debian is about. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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