Re: Overinterpretation of DFSG? QR code for receiving donation is non-free???
Russ Allbery, le lun. 30 mars 2020 13:32:05 -0700, a ecrit:
> Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> writes:
>
> > Concerning base64-encoded text files, it's quite borderline. Possibly
> > some editor do support opening base64-encoded files, then it's fine to
> > have this as source code. Otherwise I don't see it as the preferred
> > format for modifications.
>
> This is not what preferred form of modification means, as I think is
> apparent from the fact that we distribute tarballs that cannot be opened
> directly by most editors.
No but you can double-click on the tarball and an unpacker will happily
show you the content.
> I do understand the desire to have the URL in a form that's easily
> searchable, but I don't think people are thinking through the implications
> of saying we're not allowed to distribute sources even in formats that are
> round-trip convertable to editable formats, but have to ensure every
> artifact is in a form that can be *directly* edited. The implications for
> the archive would be massive busywork that would have no significant
> impact on software freedom.
That, however, I do buy as an argument :)
Samuel
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