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

[Ludovic Courtès]

Sam Geeraerts <address@hidden> skribis:

> Op Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:01:13 +0200
> schreef address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès):
>
>> 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?
>
> For gNewSense we do as follows. If the software recommends non-free
> software then 'apt-get source' will give you the unmodified upstream
> source + a debian/patches tree with a fix to remove the reference. If
> the upstream source contains blobs or non-free code then 'apt-get
> source' will give you the upstream source without the troublesome bits
> (+ a debian/patches tree if there are also issues like the former).

Thanks for the explanation.

I’ve come up with a plan that will allow Guix to behave similarly [0].

Ludo’.

[0] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2013-09/msg00137.html