>>>>> "Marc" == Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Marc> On 02 Sep 2001 23:18:56 -0400, Sam Hartman
Marc> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Marc> wrote:
>>>>>>> "Marc" == Marc Haber
>>>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Marc> On Sun, 2 Sep 2001 22:49:00 +0200 (CEST), Santiago Vila
Marc> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> However, you can repackage the .orig.tar.gz source and
>> remove >> the non-US bits from it. Then you could upload both
>> source and >> binaries to main.
>>
Marc> That would break the principle of pristine sources, though.
>> So, that's not a principle, it's a somewhat desirable goal.
>> For some licenses it may be necessary, but there are many
>> reasons you might have to change the upstream tarball,
>> including for example DFSG problems with part of a program.
Marc> I see. So that is not a real problem. Do I simply tar the
Marc> sources with non-US bits removed and call that tar
Marc> foo.orig.tar.gz, or is there a special procedure?
Yes, although you should say what you've done in debian/copyright in
the diff. Really, though I would rather see software stay in non-us
than lose functionality. Of course this doesn't matter for this case.
