[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 #2 from Forest <forestcode at ixio.org> ---
Thanks, Michael. Yours is the first constructive response I've found from
anyone, after weeks or months of multiple people asking about this problem.

With respect to the license and the intent of the LGPL, it seems worth pointing
out that reproducing binary packages requires more than access to wine's git
repo. At the very least, it requires knowing exactly what build configuration
options were used, and what wine changeset was checked out for the build. In
the vast majority of binary packages that I've seen, there are quite a few
additional components involved, including patches, install scripts,
distribution-specific dependencies, and the like. I don't fancy myself an
expert in how the LGPL is interpreted, but from a purely task-oriented
perspective, all of these things are parts of the source code for a binary
package, yet none of them have been made known to the people to whom the
binaries are being distributed.

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