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

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

--- Comment #4 from Forest <forestcode at ixio.org> ---
> You only need the source code to make the program, and that's available.

None of winehq's packages are accompanied by a statement identifying the git
changeset or build configuration options required to make the packaged program. 
 Without those things, you're expecting a user who wants to modify what you
sent him to first find a needle in a haystack and reverse engineer the build. 
So, I suppose you might be technically correct in saying that the source code
is "available", in the same sense that one Mr. Prosser was correct in a certain
novel.

“But the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked
filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying
‘Beware of the Leopard.”

> I'd be in favor for making the build process transparent, too.

Cheers.

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