Meaning of `source code'
Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
> I'm having some problems interpreting the DFSG... the second
> point is this:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 2. Source Code
> The program must include source code, and must allow
> distribution
> in source code as well as compiled form.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> What is `source code'? According to the GPL, `source code'
> means this:
If the DFSG don't say that `source code' should be read as it is
defined in the GPL then they should do.
> 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?
No, we do not. We're even stricter - you have to be able to built it
using packages in the Debian main distribution.
Ian.
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