On Sunday, January 1, 2017 2:29:37 AM CST you wrote:
> On Sunday, January 01, 2017 12:59:08 AM Steve Robbins wrote:
> > On Saturday, December 31, 2016 10:06:37 PM CST you wrote:
> > No part of the resulting binary package comes from files that are not in
> > their intended form of modification. I acknowledge there are extra
> > non-source files in the source tarball *that are not used* to create the
> > binary.
>
> Speaking as a member of the FTP team, the source needs to be DFSG free to be
> in Main. Regardless of if it's used in the binary.
To take that position, you need to redefine "source" as essentially any file in
the upstream tarball, regardless of whether it is used to produce the binary
packages. I think most people -- myself included -- would equate "source"
with "files that are used to produce the binary distribution" (and, for
avoidance of doubt, this includes config files, doc files used to produce -doc
packages, etc).
Taking your stronger view requires creating a debian-specific "source" tarball
that pragmatically gains no extra freedom for the users.
Moreover I don't find that definition in the DFSG, which says only that: "The
program must include source code, and must allow distribution in source code
as well as compiled form."
> > > In some cases this could also constitute a license violation for some
> > > copyleft licenses such as the GNU GPL. (While sometimes the licence
> > > allows not to ship the source, the DFSG always mandates source code.)
> >
> > It requires all sources required to create the binary. Digikam meets this
> > test.
>
> No. It doesn't. This is a valid bug and one that's not hard to fix.
The GPL defines “source code” as "the preferred form of the work for making
modifications to it." The requirement is that if you provide a covered work,
you must also provide the source. There is no restriction in the GPL that
forbids extraneous non-source files from being provided in the same tarball.
So, yes: Debian's Digikam meets the GPL requirements.
-Steve
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