[Bug 45391] winehq.org is distributing compiled LGPL code packages but withholding their sources

[wine-bugs at winehq.org]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45391

--- Comment #1 from Michael Müller <michael at fds-team.de> ---
The build system does not generate source packages for Debian / Ubuntu and
instead directly compiles the binary package. The scripts that are run inside
of the virtual machines to build the packages are available at
https://github.com/wine-compholio/wine-packaging. So you got everything you
need to rebuild the packages in the same way as done on our build server. This
does not imply that this method is the same as you would do it locally on your
machine.

Btw, I am also pretty sure that publishing the build files is not a requirement
 of the LGPL. You have to provide the source code for the compiled binary
files, which is obviously done as all packages use an unpatched version of the
corresponding wine source code. However, you are not required to tell someone
how you build it. The LGPL only requires you to publish modifications of the
original source code, but the build files are not part of it. We could even
link against something proprietary during the build and this would still be
fine. The LGPL allows linking against non LGPL code, as long as the LGPL part
can be replaced with a self compiled version.

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