Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Recognizing the GNU system as a free distro

[Jason Self]

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.