On 28/12/13 14:14, Philipp Kern wrote: > On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 10:58:56AM +0000, Daniel Lintott wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 12:22:48PM +0100, Daniel Lintott wrote: >>>> I have just taken over the maintenance of the dynamips package >>>> (http://packages.debian.org/sid/dynamips) and would like for this >>>> to be Autobuilt as per bug #690097. >>>> The dynamips package is licensed under GPL-2.0+, but contains >>>> two binaries mips64_microcode and ppc32_microcode that have have >>>> been included with dynamips since the it was first written. >>> I'm confused. Those are not listed in debian/copyright. Why? >> These aren't currently listed in debian/copyright as I've no more >> information on the files. >> >> Both myself and upstream have been searching for some time now, to try >> and uncover more details on these two files... but have been >> unsuccessful. >> >> To quote a previous email that Andrew sent: >>> The main and well-known issue with Dynamips is that it contains >>> non-free microcode blobs, while the rest of the package is >>> buildable and is cross-platform. >> >> Is there a particular statement that would like to be seen in >> debian/copyright regarding these files? > > So those files are not even from the GPL-2.0+ source, even if not > buildable in Debian itself? How do we know that we can distribute them? >
Sorry for the long delay in replying here.
I have been I contact with the upstream authors of dynamips and we can
now confirm that the microcode blobs were indeed created specifically
for the Dynamips project.
I have added the following comment to the copyright file:
> Comment: Dynamips includes 4 microcode blobs (2 in stable, 2 in
> unstable) without source code present. Following discussions
> with the upstream author we have confirmed that these files
> were created specifically for the Dynamips project.
> From the upstream author: I confirmed that it's built
> specifically for dynamips while disassembling the microcode:
> 1) It relies on the custom device found in dev_remote.c
> 2) It assumes our hardcoded ("broken") behavior and doesn't
> set things that would be needed if the cpu/motherboard
> emulation was complete.
This copyright is not yet present in Debian, but is in the git repo [1],
ready for the next upload.
I hope that with this we can now get Dynamips enabled on the buildd's.
[1] http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/dlintott-guest/dynamips.git
Regards,
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