On Mon, 2021-04-19 at 04:06 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Hello, Debian kernel team, > > I have a question about the code diff > between the orig.tar.xz and the upstream > stable kernel. [...] > I extracted [1] and [2], and compared the contents. > > > $ diff -r -u deb/linux-5.10.28/ korg/linux-5.10.28/ > Only in korg/linux-5.10.28/arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx: micropatch.c > Only in korg/linux-5.10.28/Documentation/netlabel: > draft-ietf-cipso-ipsecurity-01.txt > Only in korg/linux-5.10.28/drivers/media/i2c: vs6624.c > Only in korg/linux-5.10.28/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb: af9005-script.h > Only in korg/linux-5.10.28/drivers/net/appletalk: cops.c > Only in korg/linux-5.10.28/drivers/net/appletalk: cops_ffdrv.h > Only in korg/linux-5.10.28/drivers/net/appletalk: cops.h > Only in korg/linux-5.10.28/drivers/net/appletalk: cops_ltdrv.h > Only in korg/linux-5.10.28/drivers/video/fbdev: nvidia > Only in korg/linux-5.10.28/drivers/video/fbdev: riva > > > I guess there are some reasons why those files were deleted from the > debian kernel. > > What is the story behind this?
The IETF draft for CIPSO is under a non-free license. The nvidia and riva drivers contain obfuscated source code. The other files contain executable code as static data, without any source for it. So they don't comply with DFSG. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Humour is the best antidote to reality.
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