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Re: generated source files, GPL and DFSG



On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 12:22:34AM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
> > * Matthew Garrett:
> > 
> >> There's two main issues here.
> >>
> >> 1) Does everything in main have to include the preferred form of
> >> modification?
> >>
> >> I don't believe so, 
> > 
> > We had a GR that is usually interpreted in a manner which disagrees
> > with you.
> 
> We had a GR that stated that everything in main must include "source
> code".

Actually that's a myth. We have never had a GR on this subject.

We did have a *release manager* who stated this, at one point.

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