On 26/06/2013 16:39, Niels Thykier wrote:
On 2013-06-19 08:37, Graham Inggs wrote:
Dear Java packagers
I'm looking for someone to review and sponsor the following package, please:
* Package name : eclipse-eclox
Version : 0.8.0
Upstream Author : Guillaume Brocker <gbroc...@gna.org>
* URL : http://home.gna.org/eclox/
* License : GPL-2+
Description : simple doxygen frontend plug-in for Eclipse
It aims to provide a slim and sleek integration of the code
documentation process into eclipse by providing a high-level graphical
user interface over doxygen.
I realize eclox is no longer under development, but it is fully functional
and relatively bug-free.
The package source can be accessed via git:
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/eclipse-eclox.git
I would be happy to change the maintainer of the package and move the git
repository to pkg-java if it meets your standards.
Regards
Graham
Hi,
Thanks for the request. Unfortunately, I suspect we have an issue with
the license.
It is my understanding that the GPL (license of eclipse-eclox) is not
compatiable with the EPL (license of eclipse). Unless there are a
special exception allowing us to link the two together, I don't think we
are permitted to distribute eclipse-eclox.
~Niels
Hi Niels
Thanks for your response.
I will try to find out more about this.
To start with though, here are excerpts from section 27 and 32 of the
EPL FAQ [1]:
* If you have made a copy of existing Eclipse code and made a few minor
revisions to it, that is a derivative work. If you've written your own
Eclipse plug-in with 100% your own code to implement functionality not
currently in Eclipse, then it is not a derivative work.
* The EPL and the GPL are not compatible in any combination where the
result would be considered either: (a) a "derivative work" (which
Eclipse interprets consistent with the definition of that term in the
U.S. Copyright Act ) or (b) a work "based on" the GPL code, as that
phrase is used in the GPLv2, GPLv3 or the GPL FAQ as applicable.
So I don't think Eclox would be considered (a) a derivative work, but I
am not sure what they mean by (b).
I believe Fedora have packaged Eclox, I wonder if they considered this?
Regards
Graham
[1] http://www.eclipse.org/legal/eplfaq.php
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