Re: License incompatibility below RC threshold

2016-06-13 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 08:42:51 + Niels Thykier wrote: ^^^ > Francesco Poli: [...] > > Could someone prod the FTP masters to analyze the issue and provide an > > authoritative statement? > > > > Thanks for your time. > > > > > > It seems to me that you just did? Maybe, but, a

Re: License incompatibility below RC threshold

2016-04-24 Thread Niels Thykier
Francesco Poli: > On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 15:34:44 + Niels Thykier wrote: > >> Francesco Poli: >>> [...] >> >> Hi, > > Hello Niels, > thanks for your prompt reply. > >> >> AFAICT, the FTP masters are the authoritative source on dealing with >> license issues and they have not yet made a ruling.

Re: License incompatibility below RC threshold

2016-04-23 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 15:34:44 + Niels Thykier wrote: > Francesco Poli: > > On Sat, 2 May 2015 18:34:31 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote: > > > >> [...] > > > > > > Dear Release Team, dear FTP masters, > > once again this issue has been left unaddressed for quite some time, > > unfortunately. [...]

Re: License incompatibility below RC threshold

2016-04-23 Thread Niels Thykier
Francesco Poli: > On Sat, 2 May 2015 18:34:31 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote: > >> [...] > > > Dear Release Team, dear FTP masters, > once again this issue has been left unaddressed for quite some time, > unfortunately. > > I think it should be taken care of as soon as possible, lest it slip > thro

Re: License incompatibility below RC threshold

2016-04-23 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 2 May 2015 18:34:31 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:49:55 +0100 Niels Thykier wrote: > > > Hi FTP masters, > > > > We have been prodded about the severity of #741196 > [ the prod is https://bugs.debian.org/741196#101 ] > > However, being a license interpretation issu

Re: License incompatibility below RC threshold

2015-05-02 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:49:55 +0100 Niels Thykier wrote: > Hi FTP masters, > > We have been prodded about the severity of #741196 [ the prod is https://bugs.debian.org/741196#101 ] > However, being a license interpretation issue, we would like to > defer the judgement to you on this one (suggested

Re: License incompatibility below RC threshold

2015-01-15 Thread Niels Thykier
Hi FTP masters, We have been prodded about the severity of #741196 (see below for the prod). However, being a license interpretation issue, we would like to defer the judgement to you on this one (suggested in comment #39). You may find the mail from Russ Allbery at [1] relevant for narrowing d

Re: License incompatibility below RC threshold

2015-01-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery writes: > The only specific claim that Francesco has made that I was able to find > is that the choice of venue clause in CeCILL-C makes it incompatible. > However, CeCILL also contains a choice of venue clause, and the FSF > state that it is GPL-compatible. Given that they base tho

Re: License incompatibility below RC threshold

2015-01-07 Thread Russ Allbery
Francesco Poli writes: > Dear Release Team, > I am concerned that a license incompatibility (bug #741196 and the > other similar bug reports against other packages) might slip through > into the jessie release without being noticed or addressed adequately. > Please read #741196 bug log, or, at l

License incompatibility below RC threshold

2015-01-07 Thread Francesco Poli
Dear Release Team, I am concerned that a license incompatibility (bug #741196 and the other similar bug reports against other packages) might slip through into the jessie release without being noticed or addressed adequately. Please read #741196 bug log, or, at least: https://bugs.debian.org/7411