[php-maint] Bug#692613: php5: non-free files in upstream tarball ("The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil")

[Ondřej Surý]

OK, it's very much annoying (since the tarball is huge and the updated
module won't hit PHP 5.5), but I will comply.

O.

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Paul Wise <pabs at debian.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Ondřej Surý wrote:
>
>> But my point is that it's not illegal to distribute those source files
>> per se, it's just not permitted to use the "software" for Evil.
>
> Right. The non-free part of the archive is for such software. Debian
> main consists only of free software (including source code).
>
>> And since we will not be using those source files, it seems to be ok
>> to distribute them as part of upstream tarball. But IANAL...
>
> What upstream distributes is their own business. What we distribute in
> main (including source code) has to comply with the DFSG, which means
> it must be possible to use it for evil.
>
> --
> bye,
> pabs
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise



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