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Re: Results of "social contract" survey

From: Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>
> I think Ian Jackson already said it, but I want to say the same, even if
> it sounds as a "me too":
> 
> The license should not restrict the source file from being distributed in
> modified form. Our current package format is just a convenience and should
> not be mandated by the program license.
> 
> If a package stops being maintained upstream, it will become extremely
> ugly to distribute it using patches.

The problem is that some authors are insisting on unmodified source for
trace-ability, and trace-ability is a good thing from our perspective as
well. They want to say "my source has the checksum X", and have the user
able to match that. In this case I feel that I can make a compromise. We
will be changing dpkg-source to package unmodified source rather than
repackaged source so that trace-ability is the norm. We should stress that
we would much prefer modify-able sources, and authors should use the GPL or
BSD licenses where possible.

	Thanks

	Bruce

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