Re: Questions to candidates: what is source?

2005-03-12 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:49:26PM +0900, Seo Sanghyeon wrote: The Debian Free Software Guidelines states that The program must include source code. 1. How do you define source code yourself? Any definition of source code, to be useful to the Debian Project in applying our Free Software

Re: Questions to candidates: what is source?

2005-03-08 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 02:15:00PM -0800, Jonathan Walther wrote: On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 10:49:26PM +0900, Seo Sanghyeon wrote: 1. How do you define source code yourself? Like pornography, I know source code when I see it. There may be some edge cases where not everyone agrees what

Re: Questions to candidates: what is source?

2005-03-06 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 12:44:44AM +0100, Joachim Breitner wrote: Am Samstag, den 05.03.2005, 23:11 + schrieb Andrew Suffield: On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 03:30:14PM +, Henning Makholm wrote: Indeed, I would be reluctant to vote for any candiate who would commit to twenty-four

Re: Questions to candidates: what is source?

2005-03-06 Thread Matthew Garrett
Seo Sanghyeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. How do you define source code yourself? I believe that source code is anything that allows us to learn how the software works and modify it to function in different ways. In almost all cases, the GPL's preferred form for modification will be source code

Re: Questions to candidates: what is source?

2005-03-06 Thread Anthony Towns
Seo Sanghyeon wrote: The Debian Free Software Guidelines states that The program must include source code. 1. How do you define source code yourself? It means different things in different contexts; for Debian's purposes it means the stuff you need to modify then compile to produce the stuff you

Questions to candidates: what is source?

2005-03-05 Thread Seo Sanghyeon
The Debian Free Software Guidelines states that The program must include source code. 1. How do you define source code yourself? 2. I think that people have different ideas of what source code means. Do you agree? Are there significant disagreements regarding this issue within the Debian

Re: Questions to candidates: what is source?

2005-03-05 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Seo Sanghyeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. Which of the following satisfies DFSG #2? What is the general principle? Or should it be case-by-case? [snip TWENTY-FOUR semi-concrete examples] However relevant and interesting it would be to get the candidates' general opinion about the DFSG's

Re: Questions to candidates: what is source?

2005-03-05 Thread Ean Schuessler
Ha! This gets the official best question so far award. Especially the neural network bit. That's rich. On Saturday 05 March 2005 7:49 am, Seo Sanghyeon wrote: 6. Which of the following satisfies DFSG #2? What is the general principle? Or should it be case-by-case? * ELF binary without C

Re: Questions to candidates: what is source?

2005-03-05 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 03:30:14PM +, Henning Makholm wrote: Indeed, I would be reluctant to vote for any candiate who would commit to twenty-four definite answers as part of his campaign, no matter what the answers were. Or, for that matter, one who couldn't spot the fairly big hole in