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

[Ludovic Courtès]

"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’.