Marc Dequènes (Duck) wrote: > You're not the only DD having hit a license problem, and if every > (if not all) DD had created a personal repository for each package > causing problem, there would be no central repository at all. Do you > intend to support sid, testing, stable, and security up to > old-stable by yourself in the long run? Do you really think this > situation is sustainable?
No, the situation isn't sustainable. The Gallery project has no free time to help fix the license issue. A call for assistance was made to the gallery-devel mailing list and no one stepped up to take up the task. > Now that you have tell upstream that it is not necessary, do you > think anyone of them will help you solve the licensing problem? You > also forgot about the trust and security problem caused by adding > any apt key like explained in your installation procedure[1]. What > would happen if your GPG key is compromised? > > If you want to help Debian and your users you'll have to clean this > up and make up a decision. If the source code of the SWF apps cannot > be provided, then i think you could provide a package with such > files removed and the corresponding features deactivated. If you > also want to care about the lost features, and if these files are > _really_ allowed to be distributed at all, then you may package them > separately in a non-free package which would enhance the free one > (and provide a helper script of some sort to activate the feature if > needed). > > Please do not consider this mail an offensive one. I just think you > made a mistake and i wanted to explain my point of view. I also > think you should perfectly be able to improve the situation. Don't > forget you may also ask your fellow developers for opinions and/or > help on the MLs. I haven't taken offence. I've removed SWF files from previous Gallery versions since they weren't key to the functionality of the software. I haven't yet had time to determine whether the SWF files can be removed from Gallery 3 in a similar manner. I'll test that out and ask for further assistance if needed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120308000359.gj22...@amellus.com
