Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:14:45 -0400 (EDT), Walter Landry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > > The .orig.tar.gz files only have to be > > purged of non-free stuff if that stuff can't be distributed at all. > > AIUI, it is perfectly acceptable to have non-free stuff in the > > .orig.tar.gz file that is removed by the debian patch. > > Not if the orig.tar.gz is to live in main. And if the > orig.tar.gz is not in main, none of the binaries derived from it can > be in main.
Hmm. In http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200304/msg00451.html Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> wrote: > I don't have any problem with an .orig.tar.gz that includes > redistributable but non-DFSG-free stuff, as long as (eg) the .diff.gz > removes those files. on the other hand, the FTP admins disagree http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/debian-legal-200305/msg00092.html Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I once had a big old nasty flamewar with the FTP admins that > was tangentially related to this point, but the FTP admins and I agreed > that having non-free source code in a package's .orig.tar.gz was > unacceptable even if it wasn't "used for anything" and did not appear in > any binary packages. So I concede the point. In any case, making a new orig.tar.gz isn't any harder than having the diff take it out. Regards, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
