Re: RC bug filled against desktop-base related to the open logo.
Gustavo Franco wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 7:13 PM, MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> > Gustavo Franco wrote:
> >> * Btw, if it was the open logo, we're not talking about software. DFSG
> >> quote about Derived Works states "original software";
> >
> > I feel that's unacceptable - the logo is software, even if it might
> > not be a program in some formats. Arguing otherwise would allow all
> > manner of unmodifiable rubbish into debian.
>
> Technically, if you consider a logo is a software itself - where's the
> source code? I mean the uncompressed and descriptive formats (SVGs and
> friends) that were used to generate the compressed and sometimes lossy
> ones (PNG, JPG, ...). [...]
The source code will vary and may sometimes be the file itself.
It should be provided in the source tarball, where it exists.
This is not a new argument and I don't see it taking us any place
new.
Sorry,
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