I was looking at the size of the 3.5.1 source tarball I posted last night, and got to thinking, "Is it really necessary to include all that other source (non-si code, like the kernel source) in the tarball?"
From a GPL perspective, if we distribute a binary, then we must alsodistribute the source that goes with it. - Since we are no longer distributing binary tarballs (stopped this
a long time ago), I believe it is no longer necessary for us to
include the source in our source tarball.
- When we distribute debs, or RPMs, it _is_ necessary to also distribute
their source counter parts, and in this way we achieve the open source
(distribute the source with the binary) objective.
Can you think of any reason we should continue to upload all that non-si source when posting a source tarball?
-Brian
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