Hi On Sunday 29 March 2009 08:08:24 Andreas Tille wrote: > On Sat, 28 Mar 2009, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote: > > I see three options: > > 1. Move it to non-free. The problem is that some people don't include the > > non-free packages in their sources.list file and I must ask for > > autobuilding. Are there any other disadvantages? > > You need to care for autobuilders because non-free is not automatically > autobuilded for all architectures. This means you have to bother the > non-free autobuilders team. Moreover the program can not be included > on installation media. > > > 2. Remove the documentation and Cider and make Debian free package. > > > > 3. Make both free and non-free package. > > I'd prefer this option *after* asking the authors. > > > I personally prefer option 1. The upstream team has put a lot of effort > > into the licensing issues before the latest release and I think these > > last issues will be dealt with in near future. > > If you are really sure about this - I would prefer option 3. OK. I accept. The only problem is that I have a lot of work to do :)
I will make two versions ngspice which is DFSG compatible ngspice-nf which contains the non-free stuff but without xspice since the license is dubious. Is it OK if I ask the upstream about license change after ngspice has been accepted in Debian? Cheers Gudjon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
