Re: fbpdf license doubt

2015-01-10 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 09 Jan 2015 14:00:27 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: > Riley Baird > writes: [...] > > First, it have no LICESNSE file, only main source file mention > > modified BSD. I twice mailed author, but seems that he ignored my > > request to add full-fledged LICENSE file. > > The Debian Project should

Re: fbpdf license doubt

2015-01-10 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 09 Jan 2015 13:35:49 +1100 Riley Baird wrote: [...] > And third, pure technical problem is that package > provides binaries `fbpdf` and `fbpdf2`, functionally identical, but > having different dependencies. I am not sure what to do with it. [...] I would suggest to prepare two distinct bi

Re: fbpdf license doubt

2015-01-08 Thread Riley Baird
> Please note that I am not a lawyer. > If in doubt, please bring this issue to debian-legal. I'm not a lawyer either, but I seem to have interpreted this differently to you. I've forwarded this to debian-legal, so hopefully they can give us a definitive answer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

fbpdf license doubt

2015-01-08 Thread Riley Baird
Hi, There has been some discussion on the debian-mentors list about copyright and we'd like to get advice from debian-legal. The original message (not written by me) is below. Yours thankfully, Riley Baird Hello! I personally use fbpdf pdf-viewer. I packaged it for myself, but I have so

Re: fbpdf license doubt

2015-01-08 Thread Jakukyo Friel
> First, it have no LICESNSE file, only main source file mention > modified BSD. First, If the main source file is the only source file, then specify modified BSD in it is sufficient. If the main source file said something like 'fbpdf (or this program is licensed on modified BSD), then it is equ

Re: fbpdf license doubt

2015-01-07 Thread Riley Baird
> First, it have no LICESNSE file, only main source file mention > modified BSD. I twice mailed author, but seems that he ignored my > request to add full-fledged LICENSE file. Second is that it do not > make releases. And third, pure technical problem is that package > provides binaries `fbpdf` an

fbpdf license doubt

2015-01-07 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
Hello! I personally use fbpdf pdf-viewer. I packaged it for myself, but I have some doubts about including it in Debian Archive. First, it have no LICESNSE file, only main source file mention modified BSD. I twice mailed author, but seems that he ignored my request to add full-fledged LICENSE fil