On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 08:48, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Wed, Dec 02 2009, Milan P. Stanic wrote: > > > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 15:58, Karl Goetz wrote: > >> On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:58:17 +0100 > >> "Dario Minnucci \(midget\)" <deb...@midworld.net> wrote: > >> > * Package name : shc > >> > >> > shc's main purpose is to protect your shell scripts from > >> > modification or inspection. You can use it if you wish to > >> > distribute your scripts but don't want them to be easily > >> > readable by other people. > >> Does this mean its a tool to make software no longer DFSG compatible? > >> seems a bit odd to include in Debian. > > > > Then gcc (and other compilers) are at the odd with DFSG because they > > produce unreadable code for most people. (some can read machine code) > > What this argument is missing is the point that the primary (and > stated) goal of gcc and the ilk is not obfuscation. > > And the goal of obfuscation is not preventing tampering (since > one may still modify obfuscated code, just not as easily (access > control mechanisms do the non tampering bit)). > > The goal of obfuscation seems to be to prevent people from > gaining knowledge; and obfuscation is pointless when the sources are > available, so it is facile to argue that the issues are orthogonal. So > there is some merit to the argument that this package is against the > spirit free software.
I absolutely agree with you here, but if some user of Debian want to use such tools (libfilter-perl is in repos for long time, I think) and some maintainer is ready to maintain it, I can't see any valid argument against it. Debian does not segregate usage of its packages by any means, IIRC. > Having said that, I am not advocating blocking this package (nor > am I advocating accepting it), I am just commenting on the arguments > being presented here. I also don't want to advocate for this package because it is uninteresting for me. -- Kind regards, Milan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
