retitle 647048 ITP: notion -- Tiling, tabbed window manager for the X window system owner 647048 ! thanks
I'll make a start in collab-maint based on Ben's previous ion3 work On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 01:00:51AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 22:02 +0200, Arnout Engelen wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > X-Debbugs-CC: debian-de...@lists.debian.org > > > > --- Please fill out the fields below. --- > > > > Package name: notion > > Version: 3-2011102900 > > Upstream Author: Arnout Engelen <raboo...@users.sf.net> > > URL: http://notion.sf.net > > License: LGPL with addition trademark provisions > > Description: Tiling, tabbed window manager for the X window system > > Notion divides the screen into tiles and places windows in these tiles > > by default. Each tile has a set of tabs for the windows within it. > > It also allows windows to be made 'floating' and placed freely. Notion > > can be controlled through the keyboard alone or together with a mouse. > > . > > Notion can be configured and extended using the Lua language. It also > > supports extension modules written in C. > > > > 'Notion' is a fork of Ion3, which was previously in Debian but was removed > > due to a dead upstream. The Ion license may or may not be DFSG-free, for > > now we should probably just put the package in non-free. For details see > > https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/notion/index.php?title=Licensing_FAQ#Does_this_make_Notion_non-DFSG-free_.28non-OSD-free.29.3F > > Tuomo Valkonen intended his first modified-LGPL to forbid use of 'ion' > in any filenames in a modified version[1], and I don't believe this was > rescinded. This goes beyond what is allowed by DFSG ΒΆ4. His > relicensing may not have legal force since he was not the only author of > Ion, but when judging whether software meets DFSG we generally assume > that all licence conditions are enforceable. > > [1] This was discussed on debian-private with the subject > "Ion3/ParticleMan licence" on 17-20 November 2007. I can also provide > my earlier correspondence with Tuomo for anyone that is interested. > > Ben. > > -- > Ben Hutchings > compatible: Gracefully accepts erroneous data from any source -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
