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Re: Are source packages required to be DFSG-free? (was: Re: New bugs filed regarding non-free IETF RFC/I-Ds)



On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 04:59:03PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> There is some discussion in one of the bug reports:
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=390664
> 
> (please read it first)
> 
> The problem is essentially, if I understood it correctly, whether
> Debian source packages [in main] must be DFSG-free or not, or whether
> it is sufficient that Debian binary packages [in main] must be
> DFSG-free and that the source package is "legally distributable".
> 
> I'm not sure what the policy is here.  I thought the Debian Policy was
> that source packages must be DFSG-free too, but I can't find a precise
> quotation in the Debian Policy Manual and point to it.
> 
IIRC, the rule is that sources and binaries must be DFSG free.
Otherwise, source CDs would fall under different rules than binary CDs.

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sanchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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