What does dsfg as a part of package names mean?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Free_Software_Guidelines

A package with 'dfsg'/'dsfg' suffix is one that has been stripped of any files that doesn't follow the Debian Free Software Guidelines.

(From Debian mailing list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/08/msg00169.html)

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Updated on September 17, 2022

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  • Marcel Stimberg
    Marcel Stimberg over 1 year

    I know the general format for package names in Debian and Ubuntu. Some packages have additions to the standard numbering scheme with obvious meaning like svn20090426 etc. But also quite a few packages have dsfg in their name (e.g. 2:1.0~rc4~try1.dsfg1-1ubuntu1) – what does that mean?

    Is it just a typo of the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)?

  • Marcel Stimberg
    Marcel Stimberg over 13 years
    So is dsfg indeed a typo and should be dfsg?
  • JanC
    JanC over 13 years
    I see three source packages with that typo indeed...
  • OpenNingia
    OpenNingia over 13 years
    Yes, I bet it's a typo :)
  • Dan
    Dan almost 10 years
    Typo means it is misspelled. It was said in the other answer that it is an acronym but with a typo. Notice that the s and f are mixed up.