Ian Jackson writes:
> 2. Package copyright
> --------------------
>
> Please study the copyright of your submission *carefully* and
> understand it before proceeding. If you have doubts or questions,
> please ask.
>
> The aims of the policy detailed below are:
> * That any user be able to rebuild any package in the official
> Debian distribution from the original source plus our patches.
Ahem, this isn't exact enough IMO. With a standard Debian system I am able
to rebuild LyX.
> [...]
> All packages in the Debian distribution proper must be freely useable,
> modifiable and redistributable in both source and binary form. It must
> be possible for anyone to distribute and use modified source code and
> their own own compiled binaries, at least when they do so as part of a
^^^^^^^
> Debian distribution.
That's exactly the point. I cannot recompile any package that uses Motif
since I don't have it. But I can recompile LyX since we have an xforms
package available.
Michael
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