Hi, Quoting Eriberto (2014-08-29 17:08:37) > 2014-08-29 12:02 GMT-03:00 Paul Wise <p...@debian.org>: > > Please ask vmci upstream to remove the embedded copy of fuzzylite and > > depend on the system version. > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/EmbeddedCodeCopies > I thought about it too. This is the best option.
I started packaging fuzzylite 5.0 and found out that they do not offer versioned SONAMES (I reported that and seven other bugs I found to fuzzylite upstream). At the same time I asked on debian-legal and it seems to be possible to distribute vcmi (gpl2+) together with fuzzylite (apache2) because gpl2+ implies gpl3 which is compatible with apache2. So the only remaining problem seems to be the embedded copy of fuzzylite in vcmi. I agree that embedded copies are not nice but given the following: - vcmi upstream uses an outdated copy of fuzzylite and is hesitating to upgrade to 5.0 because of api changes - fuzzylite upstream does not version their SONAME so it would be hard to maintain it in Debian - the fuzzylite version in vcmi contains their own set of patches which are unknown because when fuzzylite was imported into their version control system, their custom patches were already applied. - nobody else in Debian uses fuzzylite would letting vcmi include the embedded fuzzylite copy be an acceptable option given the other tradeoffs? cheers, josch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140902100247.3685.43580@hoothoot
