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in the meanwhile we finished packaging xlwt for Debian. It's currently in NEW [1] and will have its package page at [2] if it will be available in the regular Debian unstable archive. Instead of using the included antlr.py we decided to use the antlr.py from Debian's antlr package [3] that seems to be compatible with xlwt. You may have a look at the current Debian copyright file and tell me whether you see anything missing. [1] http://ftp-master.debian.org/new/xlwt_0.7.0-2.html [2] http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xlwt.html [3] http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/antlr.html Regards Jan Dittberner On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 04:20:56PM -0800, Terence Parr wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I haven't heard from Wolfgang in a while...CC'ing. Anyway, ANTLR v2 was > meant to be public domain but it was a sloppy way to say it. I'm not > sure if Wolfgang did something different wth the v2 Python > output...sorry. > > Ter > > On Jan 8, 2009, at 4:17 PM, John Machin wrote: > >> Hello, Terence, >> >> I'm the maintainer of xlwt, a Python package for writing Excel >> spreadsheets. It uses antlr (currently version 2.7.5) to compile Excel >> formulas. >> >> Here is a message from Jan Dittberner (Debian packager): >> >> > Subject: >> > Antlr LICENSE.txt missing in xlwt-0.7.0 source package >> > From: >> > Jan Dittberner <[email protected]> >> > Date: >> > Sun, 4 Jan 2009 21:58:28 +0100 >> > To: >> > John Machin <[email protected]> >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> > Hash: SHA1 >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > I'm about to package your xlwt Python package for Debian >> > (http://www.debian.org/). During the preparation of the package I >> got >> > aware that the Python sources of xlwt include a file antlr.py that >> > contains the following copyright notice: >> > >> > ## This file is part of PyANTLR. See LICENSE.txt for license >> > ## details..........Copyright (C) Wolfgang Haefelinger, 2004. >> > >> > The mentioned file is not included anywhere in the xlwt source >> > distribution. >> > >> > There are two ways to resolve this situation: >> > >> > 1. Include the mentioned LICENSE.txt in xlwt >> > >> > 2. remove antlr.py from the distributed sources and add an explicit >> > dependency to pyantlr >> > >> > For the Debian package I'll strip antlr.py from the xlwt tarball and >> > will use the antlr.py provided by Debian's antlr package. It would >> be >> > good to fix the source distribution nonetheless. >> > >> > Thanks for your work on xlwt. >> > >> > >> > Regards >> > Jan Dittberner >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> > >> > iEYEARECAAYFAklhIvQACgkQXZJ0m2XDVK+KVQCfRblcDy2VJk6HEDnwqV0RUaAh >> > faoAnjTV/9S5RHDteV7c4l8f854CkvfM >> > =oAxS >> > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> >> The file antlr.py contains as Jan says the text >> """ >> ## This file is part of PyANTLR. See LICENSE.txt for license >> ## details..........Copyright (C) Wolfgang Haefelinger, 2004. >> """ >> >> AFAICT, there is no such package or other independent software entity >> as "PyANTLR". Doing a web search for PyANTLR yields mainly only >> corroborative evidence -- e.g. an exchange where persion 1 says he >> can't find any info about pyANTLR on the ANTLR web-site and person 2 >> replies with ANTLR download and installation instructions for folk who >> want a target=only_Python kit. >> >> Having followed those instructions, one finds (on a Windows machine) >> in directory C:\antlr\277\extras two files __init__.py and antlr.py. >> The latter is the antlr.py mentioned earlier. The __init__.py >> contains: >> """ >> # ANTLR Translator Generator >> # Project led by Terence Parr at http://www.jGuru.com >> # Software rights: http://www.antlr.org/license.html >> """ >> >> That URL points to the antlr v3 licence. The antlr2 documentation page >> has only a link http://www.antlr2.org/license.html, which also points >> to the antlr3 licence. >> >> The installed ANTLR includes the file C:\antlr\277\LICENSE.txt which >> contains: >> """ >> SOFTWARE RIGHTS >> >> ANTLR 1989-2006 Developed by Terence Parr >> Partially supported by University of San Francisco & jGuru.com >> >> We reserve no legal rights to the ANTLR--it is fully in the >> public domain. An individual or company may do whatever >> they wish with source code distributed with ANTLR or the >> code generated by ANTLR, including the incorporation of >> ANTLR, or its output, into commerical software. >> """ >> which is quite different to the antlr v3 licence. >> >> Firstly, could you please confirm that ANTLR v2 is in the public >> domain? >> >> Secondly, there appears to be a conflict between "copyright" in one >> file and "public domain" in the other -- what is the licencing status >> of the run-time file antlr.py? [I have tried to contact Wolfgang >> Haefelinger at two different e-mail addresses; results were (1) quota >> exceeded (2) silence] >> >> Armed with those answers (and any other remarks you might make), I >> should be able to come up with a solution which respects the ANTLR etc >> licence, and reduces inconvenience for xlwt users and packagers. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> John >> >> > - -- Jan Dittberner IT-Consulting & -Solutions Cottbuser Str. 1, D-01129 Dresden Fax: +49-1805-233633-13337 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEUEARECAAYFAklnA6MACgkQXZJ0m2XDVK9l1QCYu+LLFSN6IjMfXwMYoEdKxyHU +wCghsY4yNF3w3yDMVFPpCfCEYRMF0c= =Cnud -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-modules-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/python-modules-team
