On Sep 6, 2010, at 4:02 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
On 2010-09-02 11:20, Roman Haefeli wrote:
I really don't get the logic of _adding_ a license at all.
this is only because of some attempts to uniform the build process for
pd-externals (nothing to do with debian), which makes some hardcoded
assumptions about what should be in a tarball/install and what not.
upstream wiimote switched to this template build system just before
releasing 0.3.1, but the switch obviously was done in a rush which
introduced a number of problems, one of which we are seeing here.
It is actually not needed for running the program, but the libdir
format
for Pd libraries proposed by Hans-Christoph Steiner defines a
LICENSE.txt and README.txt to be included in every Pd library.
Currently, the quilt patch adds the license which is later replaced
by a
symlink (see debian/links). I think I remove the patch and simply
leave
the symlink.
a better approach (imho) would be to patch the makefile to not
depend on
the LICENSE.txt rather than add the LICENSE.txt via the patch.
anyhow, in upstream this has now been dealed with like this:
- completely switching away from the template build system in favour
of
autotools for new releases (starting with 0.4)
- fixing the template build system with a bugfix release 0.3.2
(which is
now in debian)
Every tarball should have a file in it that contains the license.
Having that be a standard name like LICENSE.txt makes it really easy
to find for people who are doing things like packaging Pd libraries
for Debian. Also, the LICENSE.txt is there for the Pd user and is
browsable from within the Pd Help Browser. Just like Debian users, Pd
users should be able to find license information in a easy, standard
way.
.hc
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