Btw: Is there a way to make the non-free models available as a separate package in the non-free archive perhaps once in the future?
Ruben 2015-02-21 20:11 GMT+01:00 Ruben Undheim <[email protected]>: > Hi José L, > > Thanks for giving detailed information! > > This explains it very well. > > Getting the licenses ok isn't always the easiest thing to do... > > I wish you good luck and I hope that we once again will see Qucs in the > archive. > > Thanks a lot for the effort! > > Best regards, > Ruben > > > 2015-02-21 19:28 GMT+01:00 José Luis Redrejo Rodríguez <[email protected]>: >> >> >> 2015-02-21 12:46 GMT+01:00 Ruben Undheim <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> > I've just uploaded it to the archive >>> >>> I just saw this was written in October. As far as I can see, Qucs is >>> not available in the Debian repository now. Is there anything holding >>> it up? >> >> >> >> Yes, the sources contain some files which license is not acceptable by >> Debian ftpmaster, so it has been rejected. >> >> >> >>> >>> Which archive did you upload it too? >>> >>> I can see that there is a well maintained PPA for Ubuntu with packages >>> in good state here: >>> https://launchpad.net/~fransschreuder1/+archive/ubuntu/qucs >>> >>> Is there any reason why this package cannot enter Debian sid also >>> soon. I'm impressed of how well Qucs has become. >> >> >> >> Yes, it is not a pure technical question. The package was ready, working and >> lintian clean. >> It 's a licensing problem. There are a bunch of files (mainly models) with >> non-free licenses. I'm trying to clean them all, but qucs funcionality are >> being reduced. >> I'm trying to find a replacement to keep it all working. >> Of course, the ppa package you say it's still worse in terms of licensing. I >> had already removed the files I was sure that were not free, but ftpmasters >> found some others. >> >> Regards >> José L. >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Ruben >> >> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
