Henning Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Do Debian consider it problematic if source packages include, say, >> RFCs, which, if I understand correctly, are considered non-free by >> Debian otherwise? > > Yes. As soon as such cases are found by somebody who knows and cares, > bugs will be filed, and the maintainer will have to remove those data > from the .orig.tar.gz we distribute.
Post-sarge, I assume? >> Otherwise, how do Debian handle the situation when the RFC is parsed, >> and become part of the implementation? > > Such software is not DFSG-free and will have to go into non-free at > best... > >> In other words, where the GPL require that you distribute the RFC >> because it is the preferred "source code" to make modifications to. > > ... but if the rest of the code is GPL-licensed, the net result is > that the package cannot be legally distributed at all (which is > completely independent of the DFSG). This interpretation appears to be the consensus in the free software world. Thanks for re-inforcing it. Thanks, Simon
