I remember Valve talking about using Debian for SteamOS due to Canonical
wanting to force them to license the usage of Ubuntu Core and the packages
and also with Linux Mint where Canonical wanting them to license the use of
Ubuntu packages as well.
So how does Trisquel get around this? Do they not care or are the packages on
mirror.fsf.org compiled from source and therefore get around the packaage
licensing?
Sources:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/valve-based-steam-os-debian-ubuntu
http://www.itworld.com/article/2703648/will-canonical-force-linux-mint-to-license-ubuntu-binary-packages.html
