On 15/10/07 at 12:21 -0400, Jeremy T. Bouse wrote: > Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > On 15/10/07 at 08:33 -0400, Jeremy T. Bouse wrote: > > > >> Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > >> > >>> On 11/05/07 at 11:02 -0400, Jeremy T. Bouse wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> I do not agree with the removal and find the suggestion of it a slap in > >>>> the face for the time spent trying to work with upstream to get the > >>>> licensing issues that would allow the fix to be done. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Hi Jeremy, > >>> > >>> The bugs about thoose license issues have been quiet for a very long > >>> time (since November 2005). If the situation has evolved, and you expect > >>> a change soon, it could be a good idea to document that in the bug logs. > >>> > >>> Thank you, > >>> > >>> > >> At this point I'm abandoning all hope that upstream will make any > >> effort to correct the issue. There appears to be no interest in > >> upstreams part to even respond and continually just passes it off as not > >> their problem. Consider any PHP Licensed PEAR module package currently > >> with a bug due to licensing abandoned and ideal candidate for complete > >> removal from the distribution unless someone with more free time on > >> their hands cares to adopt them. > >> > >> I've tried to get responses from upstream but the attempts were > >> useless and a waste of my time. > >> > > > > Arg. is there some place (besides -legal@) where coordination could take > > place about this issue? > > > I don't see where coordinating through d-legal would accomplish any > more than what I have. Upstream is not very cooperative and doesn't > appear to think there is anything wrong with the licensing or attempting > to fix it. Best hope is that those applications using it and wanting to > be included within Debian will write a new module, or find one already > written, that doesn't have the licensing issues and move to use it instead.
Hi Jeremy, Has this issue evolved recently? If no progress is expected, it might be a better idea to remove the package from Debian for now. It can always be re-uploaded if the issue is solved. -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
