MJ Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: [...] >> It's true that there's no clear definition of the term "source code" >> in the DFSG text, but the most accepted definition of source in the >> context of Free Software has been the one found in the GNU GPL, for >> quite a long time. > > Are you sure it's the most accepted? I didn't find numbers on it.
I have been on this list for a decade, and I have not seen any other definitions that have any significant support. Perhaps other forums have different makeups, but on debian-legal I have not seen any other cohesive approaches. I have seen plenty of people say things like "it is POSSIBLE to modify it, therefore it is source". But that makes the source requirement a no-op. This is in contrast to, for example, which licenses people prefer. Some people prefer GPL, some prefer MIT, some prefer BSD, etc. Cheers, Walter Landry [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
