On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 05:41:14PM -0700, tony mancill wrote: > > I was taking a look at JAI as well because I've been having to install > it by hand at work for GeoServer and it would be nice to have it in the > archive. However, the copyright [1] for the library restricts the venue > of use, and so I don't believe the package can be uploaded to main. (In > fact, it could be that it's not appropriate even for non-free, but I'd > have to look into that matter in more depth.)
I also had a very quick view on the license and did not stumbled about things which are that problematic. Which part would you consider as even not fit for non-free? Probably this could be clarified on debian-legal list. If I could save your time for packaging (where you have probably more routine than me) I'd volunteer to bring this up there. Just ping me about this (and point to the problematic parts explicitely). > If I end up packaging it for local use, perhaps it's useful to place the > packaging into the svn or git repo so others can build their own local > packages - does anyone know of other examples of this sort of > "packaging," or if it would be useful? Hmmm, useful? I'm not sure. We need it as dependency for an urgently needed package (medical image viewer) and having this dependency somewhere not as binary package would de facto kill this attempt. :-( > > [1] > > http://java.net/projects/jai-imageio-core/sources/svn/content/trunk/COPYRIGHT.txt?rev=254 Ahh, this one has really some interesting bits. I just looked at http://java.net/projects/jai-imageio-core which says BSD and http://java.net/projects/jai-imageio-core/sources/svn/content/tags/jai-imageio-1_1-fcs/COPYRIGHT.txt?rev=254 because I considered packaging a tagged ("released") version and not any random trunk status. This copyright statement looks better, IMHO. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-java-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110413061329.ge10...@an3as.eu
