On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 10:50:13AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Steve Langasek wrote: > > A PNG is not a program. > Depends on your definition of program. Yes. If you use the English definition of the word "program", then it's not a program. But I guess if you make up definitions for program to get the result you want: > PNG files are programs that run in a PNG decoder. ELF binaries aren't > programs, they are just data interpreted by CPUs. ... then you can claim that it's a program. > > There is no source required for a PNG under DFSG #2 > I disagree, I've always assumed the DFSG applied to all of Debian main > regardless of format. You may have assumed that, but that is not what the DFSG says. > > anyone who says otherwise is engaging in (or a victim of) > > historical revisionism. > I guess you are referring to the GR that clarified the Social Contract > to read "work" instead of "software". > https://www.debian.org/vote/2004/vote_003 That was a conscious decision on the part of the project to revise the text of the Social Contract. That vote did *not* replace the use of the word "program" in DFSG#2 with the word "software". It is incorrect to infer from this vote that Debian decided to require source for all non-program works. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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