On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 11:04:06AM +0100, Pierre A. wrote: > I am a user of Mathematica, which a well known commercial software, > definitely not open source and not free. > > Of course this software is not perfect and indeed as it is complex and > constantly evolving, it has many bugs. > > I have thought it could be interesting for the community of users (and > possibly even the software editor with whom I have no link) to have a public > catalog of curated bugs. > > Is it technically feasible with Launchpad?
It's certainly technically possible to use Launchpad only for bug tracking. > Does it break any rule of Launchpad? > > I thought it was better to ask first before trying. Thanks for advice. Thanks for asking. It's not really a clear fit with https://help.launchpad.net/Legal#Project_eligibility, since the underlying project isn't free software, as you say. That said, you wouldn't actually be distributing non-free software in this case; and our main concern from a ToS point of view is that Launchpad isn't providing free infrastructure for non-free software development. I do have a few specific concerns about anything along these lines: * It would have to be absolutely clear that it's unofficial, for all kinds of reasons. * Would it actually work? My experience is that bug lists that don't have input from the developers are of very limited use; non-developers often aren't in a position to work out how bugs are related (for example, whether two symptoms both stem from the same cause), and this can cause a great deal of confusion. * I would be concerned about Mathematica's authors finding this, then coming to Canonical and saying "hey, you're hosting a site which is basically bad-mouthing Mathematica [whether that's fair or not], and we want you to stop". So, while it's possible we might effectively turn a blind eye to this not being quite within our project eligibility terms, I feel that it might be storing up trouble for ourselves to do so. -- Colin Watson [cjwat...@canonical.com] _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-users Post to : launchpad-users@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp