On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:16:39 +1000 Ben Finney wrote:
> Freek Dijkstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > it's probably non-free, and best not put it in main. Correct?
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> That's my understanding, yes. Largely on the basis that it's imposing
> a non-free restriction ("You may not ...") on the recipient.I agree with you that CC-v3.0 licensed works should *not* enter main. However, the FTP masters seem to disagree: there already are some CC-v3.0 licensed works in main, *unfortunately*. For instance: http://packages.debian.org/whichwayisup (see bug #431794, where I unsuccessfully tried to get this issue solved: I even asked FTP masters to explain their decision, but got no answer so far...) http://packages.debian.org/singularity http://packages.debian.org/singularity-music http://packages.debian.org/ttf-konatu There are also CC-v2.5 licensed works in main: http://packages.debian.org/vlc And CC-v2.0 licensed works in main: http://packages.debian.org/nessus-plugins (this one is really sad, since it also includes OPL licensed works taken from the Debian Project website, which is non-free: see bugs #238245 and #388141) http://packages.debian.org/scorched3d http://packages.debian.org/byzanz http://packages.debian.org/oxine There are even CC-v1.0 licensed works in main: http://packages.debian.org/glpuzzle I really do not know what can be done with these bugs (since, these are indeed Debian bugs, IMO). Reporting bugs for CC-v3.0 seems to produce answers of the "this is not a bug" type; and when you ask the FTP masters "could you elaborate?", the only effect is a deafening silence. Maybe CC-v2.5/v2.0/v1.0 cases should be reported to the BTS, but the only effect could be relicensing to CC-v3.0, which is no solution from my standpoint. As an aside, CC-v2.0 and CC-v2.5 already allow relicensing derivative works under later versions of licenses with the same license elements, but this has not been actually done in Debian for the above cases... Suggestions? -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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