Re: Anton's amendment

[Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg>]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 03:18:00PM +0200, Kalle Kivimaa wrote:
> Anton Zinoviev <anton@lml.bas.bg> writes:
> >>From DFSG:
> >
> >    The license may restrict source-code from being distributed in
> >    modified form _only_ if the license allows the distribution of
> >    "patch files" with the source code for the purpose of modifying the
> >    program at build time.
> 
> What is the difference between a "patch file" as used in DFSG and a
> "build system to produce a patch file" as used by you? I think a set
> of files which run on the original source to produce the modified
> source do qualify as a "patch file set", no matter how complex the
> production run needs to be, as long as it is automated.

I accept your reasoning.  However I don't mean that DFSG forbid us to
use such "build system".  I mean that the license is allowed to
require explicitly the use of conventional patch files then and still
it will be free acording to DFSG.

Anton Zinoviev