Scripsit Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Brian Ristuccia wrote:
> > If the software has a patch clause, we require that modified > > binaries can be distributed. But this particular package doesn't > > have any binaries because it's a perl script. > Strange. Do you mean this package has not a .deb? No, he means that the word "binaries" usually means files which contain machine code. As such, the *letter* of the DFSG does not apply to perl source that goes into the .deb. However, the clear *intention* of the DFSG must have been that the license must allow shipping the files that go into the .deb in modified form, whether or not they contain machine code. -- Henning Makholm "Man vælger jo selv sine forbilleder."
