Enrico Zini, le ven. 04 oct. 2019 18:33:44 +0200, a ecrit: > On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 06:25:21PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > Interesting :) But then if one wants to add some files to the software, > > which changes the dependencies, are we able to insert it correctly in > > the build process? Being able to change the set of files to be built is > > part of being able to modify the software, for it to be free :/ > > My understanding is that the preferred source of modification will still > be shipped, only with the addition of the preprocessed build > instructions, to remove the need free software that is not in Debian. > > If someone wants to add things to the software that change the > dependency, I understand, one can regenerate the build trace with the > build system that upstream uses (which is free software), and things > keep working.
Being free software doesn't matter here if it's not available in Debian. This fails the Desert Island test with only a set of Debian CDs at hand. Samuel
