On Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:18:30 +0200 Wouter Verhelst <wou...@debian.org> wrote: > severity 760414 wishlist > tags 760414 + wontfix > thanks > > Hi Bastien, > > On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 10:24:44PM +0000, bastien ROUCARIES wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Your package seems to include some files that lack sources > > in prefered forms of modification: > > > > tools/rdm/static/jquery-1.7.2.min.js > > tools/rdm/static/jquery-ui-1.8.21.custom.min.js > > These are not used. Instead, the package replaces them with symlinks to > the same files from the jquery package, and depends on them. > > In my reading of the DFSG, this satisfies DFSG#2. > > > According to Debian Free Software Guidelines [1] (DFSG) #2: > > "The program must include source code, and must allow distribution > > in source code as well as compiled form.". > > Correct. > > That does not say "the program must not include convenience copies of > other free software which is shipped without source". I see no problem > here. > > jquery is _used by_ ola, in very much the same way that libc and > libstdc++ are used by it as well. The source to jquery is therefore not > part of the source to ola, and I see no need to either ship its source, > or remove it from the package. > > I agree that would be necessary in case jquery were non-free software. > That is not the case, however. > > > This could also constitute a license violation for some copyleft > > licenses such as the GNU GPL. > > JQuery has the MIT license as an alternate option, according to its > copyright file, so that's not relevant. > > [...]
Your analysis is rather different than that of the FTP Team. See https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/1948618.u6YZvnFvaf@scott-latitude-e6320 Please readjust the severity back to serious. That is the correct value. Scott K
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