> > On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 11:06:47PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > As for the source package thing, if the binary generated by the user is > > exactly the same as the binary that would be provided in a .deb, what is > > the point? It seems like a lot of extra work that changes absolutely > > nothing. Maybe I am a Rebel Without a Clue on this but it sure seems > > like a classic case of cranial rectosis to me. > > As I understand it, the license forbids distribution of a modified > source or binary, but allows the distribution of patch files.
Would it then even be possible to distribute binary patches? So that you would have a pine-bare_x.y.deb containing the `approved' binary, and a pine-patch_x.y.deb containg the patch. Then pine-bare_x.y.deb would `recommend' (strongly :)) pine-patch_x.y.deb. On installation pine-patch_x.y.deb would patch the `approved' binary into the `debian' binary. Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
