Hi Miriam, On 2008-01-24 13:49 +0100, Miriam Ruiz wrote:
> I have some small problem with Gnash that might be extensible to other > packages, so I'm asking here to find out if anyone else has had that > problem too and how did they manage it. > > Gnash is GNU's free Flash player. It is now licensed under GPLv3 (it > was previously GPLv2 or above). It has a really huge list of build > dependencies: > > dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19), debhelper (>= 4.0.0), quilt, autoconf, dh-buildinfo, > automake1.9 | automake, libtool, libltdl3-dev, help2man, libxmu-dev, dejagnu, > autotools-dev, libboost-dev, libboost-thread-dev, libxml2-dev, libjpeg-dev, > libpng12-dev | libpng-dev, libagg-dev, libgstreamer0.10-dev, libkonq4-dev, > libpango1.0-dev | pango-devel, libgtkglext1-dev, libmad0-dev, libdirectfb-dev, > libcurl4-gnutls-dev | libcurl3-gnutls-dev | libcurl4-openssl-dev | > libcurl3-openssl-dev, > libcaca-dev, libboost-date-time-dev, libavcodec-dev, libavformat-dev, > libming-dev, > libming-util, mtasc, libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev, > libboost-serialization-dev, python, base-files (>= 4.0.1) > > All these dependencies already have their own list of dependencies > too, right now I'm concerned about libkonq4-dev and Qt being GPLv2 > only. Even though all of these packages might be GPLv3 compatible, it > is not guaranteed that their dependencies are, like: > > Package A (GPLv3) depends on package B (GPLv2 or above) > Package B (GPLv2 or above) depends on package C (GPLv2 only) > > Both dependencies would be OK on their own, but I'd be effectively > linking A (GPLv3) with C (GPLv2 only) which are not compatible. You will be interested that Trolltech has released Qt 3.3.8 under GPL 3: http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2008-01-18.5377846280/pressrelease_view Cheers, Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
