Bug#346354: distribution of this package is likely a GPL violation

2006-01-15 Thread Florian Weimer
reopen 346354 thanks Please Cc: bug submitters when discussing matters with them. The BTS does not do this automatically. > upstream is providing the html files under the GPL. They are not > providing the files the html is generated from, but since they are the > copyright owners, they are fre

Bug#346354: Processed: Re: Bug#346354: distribution of this package is likely a GPL violation

2006-01-10 Thread Martin Kittel
Hi, upstream is providing the html files under the GPL. They are not providing the files the html is generated from, but since they are the copyright owners, they are free to release the files in any format they like (and any license they like). So regarding the maxdb-doc package, there is n

Bug#346354: distribution of this package is likely a GPL violation

2006-01-07 Thread Florian Weimer
Package: max-db Version: 7.5.00.19-1 Severity: serious The HTML documentation has apparently been generated by a tool called "SAP Html Export": This means that these HTML documents are not "the preferred form of the work for making modifications", and do not qualify as source code under the GPL