[Fsf-Debian] A small thought on how Debian might be able to help.

[Paul Wise]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 5:51 AM, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> op 09-09-14 21:36, Paul Wise schreef:
>> Debian doesn't require things are actually built from source, just
>> that they can be.
>
> Not sure. Virtualbox is removed from main, because the BIOS and VGA
> firmware could not be build from source with a DFSG-free compiler.
>
> Virtualbox uses the Open Watcom compiler because bcc is not maintained
> for years. The Open Watcom license is OSI-free, but not DFSG-free.
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=691148
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/07/msg00014.html

Right, that is a case of "obviously can't be built from source using
only Debian main" rather than "could be built from source using only
Debian main, but isn't in Debian".

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bye,
pabs

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