On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 01:47:46PM -0400, Brian Sniffen wrote: > Requiring that the tarball for SniffenTeX be no smaller than the > tarball for LaTeX, since if I distribute a fork I must distribute a > pristine LaTeX *with* it, would be unacceptable. If I'm an > English-language bigot who wishes to remove babel and all references > to it, and distribute that fork, I must have that right to be > DFSG-free.
Unfortunately, this is exactly the kind of requirement that DFSG#4 allows. It is, I think, the main reason why some developers (including myself) want to get rid of that clause. Note that this size requirement is only on the _source_ tarball, you will always be able to build a "binary" tarball that is smaller. This links back to the discussion of what "build time" means, but it's pretty clear to me that creating a Debian package is "building". -- Richard Braakman "I sense a disturbance in the force" "As though millions of voices cried out, and ran apt-get." (Anthony Towns about the Debian 3.0 release) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
