On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 08:55:27AM +0000, MJ Ray wrote: > Steve Langasek <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 09:51:46AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > > The PDF needs to come with sources to build the corresponding PDF > > > *using only free software in Debian*, or it's not acceptable for > > > Debian.
> > > The same needs to be true of any binary in Debian, AIUI. > > The DFSG does not say this. Source is only mandatory for programs under the > > DFSG as written. > That's taking the example from the explanation to be the complete > requirement. It's reading the text of the actual guideline instead of making inferences based on the title. > Also, a PDF is a program for a certain type of interpreter. A PDF as a program is its own source. You're talking about the preferred format for modification of *documentation*, not a program. There's no reason to expect that two different versions of mumble2pdf are going to output two *programs* that resemble one another in the slightest - only that they output the same documentation. And this has all been discussed before. > The "Source missing" entry in the REJECT-FAQ is "Your packages > contains files that need source but do not have it. These include PDF > and PS files in the documentation." > http://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html A recent (Dec 2008) addition with no grounding in the DFSG. If I see PDFs being rejected with this rationale when it's not a question of license compliance (PDFs distributed under the GPL certainly have to have source with them, but that's not a DFSG matter), I certainly intend to dispute it. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [email protected] [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
