Re: Draft GR: Simplification of license and copyright requirements for the Debian packages.
Charles Plessy wrote:
> Le Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:42:07AM +0000, MJ Ray a écrit :
>> Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
> H> > Le Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:56:36PM +0000, MJ Ray a écrit :
>>>> Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
>>>>> According to our social contract, “We promise that the Debian system and all
>>>>> its components will be free according to [the DFSG].” [...]
>>>> Wow, that's a twist. So how do you get around the idea that the
>>>> program must include source?
>>> in my opinion, if a file contained in a Debian source package has no function
>>> in the Debian system, if its removal has actually no effect on the system at
>>> all, then it is reasonable to declare that it is not part of the Debian system.
>> In other words, just blatently ignore the bit of the DFSG that says
>> that programs must include source. Well, that explains it :-/
>
> Yes, exactly. In this draft GR I propose to ignore some DFSG-non-free files,
> which includes sourceless files. Our social contract only stipulates that the
> Debian sytstem must be DFSG-free. We already have a non-free section for the
> non-free works that we would like to distribute for the purpose of being used
> with the our operating system. I think that our social contract also allow us
> to distribute innert non-free files together with the source of the Debian
> system as long as they do not take part of it.
And who in their right mind do you expect to vote for ignoring DFSG
non-freeness, people that want to leave the project?
The source is part of the Debian system as you call it, so what it
contains should be DFSG free.
Cheers
Luk
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