Hi Sean (2020.07.11_14:53:31_-0700) > > However, Chef Inc. decided that Chef should no longer be free > > software/open source. I no longer intend to use or maintain Chef, and > > would like it to be removed from Debian. > > I'm a bit confused here. On the one hand you say that there's a > copyright issue, but reading the Ubuntu bug it seems that Ubuntu's > src:chef in fact contains cinc. I take it Debian's doesn't? In which > case the copyright issue would seem not to be a relevant reason for > removal?
Chef is in sync between Debian and Ubuntu. The current source package contains cinc [0], but the packages are still contain the name chef. That is the core of the trademark issue Chef Inc has with Debian [1]. [0]: https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/c/chef/copyright-15.8.25.3.gcf41df6a2-6 [1]: https://bugs.debian.org/959981#5 > On the other hand you say you think that we should remove the Chef > package because there are not going to be future upstream releases which > are free software. Could you provide me a reference, please? All I can > find online is that there is a new requirement to perform some renaming > in the contents of the package, not that new releases will be > DFSG-nonfree. I think your analysis is correct. The source is Apache-2.0 licensed, but with a renaming requirement. There is a collaborative effort to maintain a renamed source, cinc, which we've been shipping, but we haven't followed through on a complete renaming. This is an RoM request, the maintainers have lost interest in working with an upstream that imposes rules like this. SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ +1 415 683 3272
