Re: Debian vs Red Hat??? I need info.
> So, it is not so much that Debian doesn't have permission to distribute
> a modified binary package, it is that doing so would open up a whole
> can'o'worms w.r.t. redistribution... so why go there and possibly cause
> problems for Debian's distributors, eh.
That's exactly why it doesn't pass the DFSG test. It's really an
almost-moot point, really, since apt-get has come along and can auto-build
the package for you --it'd be tempting to have a fake pine package, which
would simply "apt-get -b source" the source and then install the .deb
files. I think similar schemes have actually been discussed several
times, always with the end result being that everyone thought that while
doing so would probably be legal, it'd violat the _spirit_ of the thing.
This is definitely a FAQ, though.
Will
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