Re: Meaning of `source code'
On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Juan Cespedes wrote:
> So, if I write a program which needs a non-free compiler to be
> built, that program _cannot be free_ according to the GPL. But do we
> consider it free?
We consider it free enough to place in the contrib section of our archive.
However, everything in main must be buildable by packages in main.
Contrib is for free stuff that depends on non-free stuff to build or run.
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