On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 08:59:55PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Aug 16, Vincent Bernat <ber...@debian.org> wrote: > > > I know this is tedious but what others think about this matter? > This is another case in which the DFSG has become a religion to be > followed in a literalist interpretation instead of a tool to be used > for the purpose of advancing software freedom.
I'd regard using an untouched source and using just the Debian packaged version of the library (and thus ignoring the upstream shiped copy / minimisation in the binary package) as "common sense". IMHO DFSG should not conflict with common sense and if this is the case we might consider fixing it. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120817082412.gc2...@an3as.eu