Re: Minified javascript files

[Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>]

* Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org>, 2012-08-16, 19:24:
> 1. The license allows redistribution and modification of the minified 
> version without having the sources. Therefore, we are only dealing with 
> DFSG here.

While jQuery license is permissive, it does impose certain conditions[0] 
on distributors. In my experience, upstreams often fail to fulfil these 
requirements.

> 3. Repacking the original tarball just to remove those files is extra  
> work.

Part of the problem is that we lack good tools to do this extra work for 
us. Really, repacking shouldn't be a tedious operation, it shouldn't 
take more than 5 seconds, it shouldn't require writing two dozens lines 
of code and documentation. :(


[0] “The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be 
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.”

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Jakub Wilk