On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 09:31:07AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > restricting modifications to original + patch only is explicitly > > permitted. > > But one is supposed to be able to distribute the patched > derived work.
yes, and you can. maybe not in the most convenient form that you would prefer, but that's irrelevent - DFSG requires freedom, not convenience. > In this case, I should be able to have the orig.tar.gz contain the > invariant, the diff.gz contain stuff to remove the invariant, and the > .deb not contain it. > > That seems not permitted. of course not, any more than it is permitted to remove the license text or the copyright notice(*). as has been said SEVERAL times before, the "patch" to an invariant section does NOT change or remove it. it just adds another invariant section in response to it. you may not claim credit for the work of others OR put your words in their mouths. these are both reasonable and entirely unremarkable restrictions which do not in any way impinge on freedom. (*) yes, i know the loony nutcases like to pretend that they're entirely different magically special cases which can be ignored for the purposes of the DFSG (mostly because even they realise they can't completely ignore their existence without losing what few shreds of credibility they have), but they're seriously reality-challenged. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (part time cyborg) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
