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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro |
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Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:26:43 +0200 |
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"Jason Self" <address@hidden> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès said:
>> Yes, I understand this, but my question was more about how this occurs
>> technically.
>>
>> My understanding is that Debian-based distros provide the unmodified
>> upstream source, with a debian/patches tree containing patches they
>> apply. Do I get it right?
>
> Ah, I see. In the case of, say, the Linux kernel it's not really
> possible to provide the unmodified source code because that would mean
> Trisquel would be distributing that non-free software. So, their
> orig.tar.gz isn't the unmodified upstream source but rather the
> deblobbed version.
Yes, but we have Linux-Libre, which exists as a project of its own and
handles all that for us anyway.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, (continued)
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Ludovic Courtès, 2013/09/12
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Jason Self, 2013/09/12
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Ludovic Courtès, 2013/09/13
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Jason Self, 2013/09/13
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Ludovic Courtès, 2013/09/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Sam Geeraerts, 2013/09/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Ludovic Courtès, 2013/09/16
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Jason Self, 2013/09/16
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Karl Berry, 2013/09/16
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Jason Self, 2013/09/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro,
Ludovic Courtès <=
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Karl Berry, 2013/09/13
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Ludovic Courtès, 2013/09/14
- Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro, Karl Berry, 2013/09/14