Re: Debian Libre - blend/pureblend/derivative?

[Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>]

* Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> [251125 10:25]:
> Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 12:30:33AM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> > >   2a) Is it "permitted" for a Debian Pure Blends to configure additional
> > >   non-debian.org archives to fetch packages from?  Is that what makes it
> > >   a "non-Pure" Blend?
> >
> > Nope.  This is no Debian anymore.
>
> Thanks, and just to clarify: adding a separate archive is not permitted
> for a Debian Blend either?  That is, in a non-Pure 'Debian Blend'.

If it's not "pure", then indeed it's not Debian anymore. Nothing 
wrong with that - many such projects exists, many of them also with 
DDs involved.

You may also want to investigate the build tools of these projects.

Best,
Chris