Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-12-08 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:50:51 +0300 Boris Pek wrote: [...] now we have more time to solve the issue in less destructive way than in case when it affects Wheezy. *** Breaking news!!! *** The upcoming Open CASCADE Technology version 6.7.0 will be licensed under the GNU LGPL v2.1 (+ some minor

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-04-06 Thread Boris Pek
control: reopen 698527 ! control: found 698527 7.0.svn.6034+dfsg-1 control: tags 698527 = experimental Package in experimental will include ElmerGUI as earlier. And this package will not pass into unstable until license issue is not solved in one way or another. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-04-06 Thread Joerg Jaspert
On 13173 March 1977, Boris Pek wrote: Package in experimental will include ElmerGUI as earlier. And this package will not pass into unstable until license issue is not solved in one way or another. Well. No. If you do that we will remove your package from the archive entirely. Experimental is

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-04-06 Thread Boris Pek
Experimental is not a place to have license violations in. Yep, but now we have more time to solve the issue in less destructive way than in case when it affects Wheezy. Regards, Boris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-02-12 Thread Boris Pek
Hi, Ah, I misinterpreted your question: I thought you meant writing to oce-dev in order to persuade them to re-license. You instead meant writing to oce-dev in order to find other people willing to help to persuade Open CASCADE S.A.S. to re-license. Yes, it is my fault. You seem to have a

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-02-11 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:34:00 +0200 Boris Pek wrote: [...] Did you try to send your messages directly to email oce-...@googlegroups.com or another? No, I didn't. I am under the impression that OCE (OpenCASCADE Community Edition) is a project to enhance Open CASCADE Technology with

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-02-06 Thread Boris Pek
Pre-approval request: http://bugs.debian.org/699882 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-02-05 Thread Boris Pek
Hi, I propose to remove executable ElmerGUI.real from the package. Anyway, it is better, than to remove the whole package. But we need to get a pre-approval permission from release-managers. Could you, please, provide a patch? I prepared updated package with changes described above. Diff is

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-02-05 Thread Boris Pek
Hi, Did you try to send your messages directly to email oce-...@googlegroups.com or another? No, I didn't. I am under the impression that OCE (OpenCASCADE Community Edition) is a project to enhance Open CASCADE Technology with external contributions not (yet) accepted by Open CASCADE

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-02-05 Thread Anton Gladky
Hi, thanks for a huge work on this issue! I will be glad to upload it, if the release team agree to give a freeze exception for this upload. As far as I know, the package will not go to a NEW queue, because the binary package was deleted, not added. Thanks, Anton 2013/2/5 Boris Pek

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-02-01 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:12:13 +0200 Boris Pek wrote: Hi, Hello Boris, I see you contacted with Open CASCADE S.A.S. using their contact form on web site. Yes, my first attempt to get in touch with Open CASCADE S.A.S. used their web site contact form. And it was a successful attempt. Have

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-31 Thread Boris Pek
Hi, I see you contacted with Open CASCADE S.A.S. using their contact form on web site. Have they replied? Did you try to send your messages directly to email oce-...@googlegroups.com or another? Have they replied in this case? I believe that discussion with Open CASCADE S.A.S. should be public

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-30 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:58:16 + Julien Cristau wrote: On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 17:05:38 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: [...] *if* there were a significant step forward (such as a decision by Open CASCADE S.A.S., with a public promise that next version of Open CASCADE Technology will be

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-30 Thread Julien Cristau
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 22:49:24 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: If nobody even *tries*, that's basically certain. I think that a serious persuasion attempt should be done. I am doing what I can, but I need the help of other people. Trying != making noise. You're certainly the one making the

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-30 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:06:16 +0100 Julien Cristau wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 22:49:24 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: If nobody even *tries*, that's basically certain. I think that a serious persuasion attempt should be done. I am doing what I can, but I need the help of other

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-29 Thread Boris Pek
Hi, Ftp-masters were informed about problems with package in stable [#699235]. And I am still waiting for replies with opinions about package in testing. Regards, Boris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-29 Thread Anton Gladky
Hi, I propose to remove executable ElmerGUI.real from the package. Anyway, it is better, than to remove the whole package. But we need to get a pre-approval permission from release-managers. Could you, please, provide a patch? Thanks, Anton 2013/1/29 Boris Pek tehnic...@yandex.ru: Hi,

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-29 Thread Boris Pek
I propose to remove executable ElmerGUI.real from the package. Anyway, it is better, than to remove the whole package. Ok. But this removal will affect other files (they will become useless): 1) ElmerGUI and ElmerGUIlogger will be removed from debian/elmer.files 2) debian/elmer.postinst will be

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-27 Thread Anton Gladky
Hi, will we request the package removing from wheezy as well? Thanks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-27 Thread Boris Pek
Hi, will we request the package removing from wheezy as well? I have no final decision yet. I need more opinions. (Cc'ing mailing list) Problem affects only binary file ElmerGUI.real which provides modern convenient GUI for pre-processing and post-processing FE models. But package still

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-27 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:35:17 +0100 Anton Gladky wrote: Hi, will we request the package removing from wheezy as well? As I said [1], I would really try hard and avoid removing the package from Debian. The true solution is: help me in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S. to re-license Open CASCADE

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-27 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 12:26:32 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: The true solution is: help me in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S. to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-and-v3-compatible terms. If that happens, it's going to be a while. Things involving lawyers and politics aren't

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-27 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:52:29 + Julien Cristau wrote: On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 12:26:32 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: The true solution is: help me in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S. to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-and-v3-compatible terms. If that happens, it's going

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-27 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 17:05:38 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:52:29 + Julien Cristau wrote: On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 12:26:32 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: The true solution is: help me in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S. to re-license Open CASCADE Technology

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-27 Thread Boris Pek
 That's true, but, as I said previously [1], *if* there were a  significant step forward (such as a decision by Open CASCADE S.A.S.,  with a public promise that next version of Open CASCADE Technology will  be re-licensed under GPLv2-and-v3-compatible terms), *then* we could  maybe obtain a

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-27 Thread Anton Gladky
There is an equivalent replacement oce [1] Anton [1] http://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/oce 2013/1/27 Boris Pek tehnic...@yandex.ru: More over, opencascade was recently removed from Wheezy [1]... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-27 Thread Julien Cristau
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 19:08:29 +0200, Boris Pek wrote:  That's true, but, as I said previously [1], *if* there were a  significant step forward (such as a decision by Open CASCADE S.A.S.,  with a public promise that next version of Open CASCADE Technology will  be re-licensed under

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-23 Thread Boris Pek
control: tags 698527 confirmed control: found 698527 5.5.0.svn.4499.dfsg-1 Hi, This is really bad news for us. Bug also affects package in stable [1], which cannot be fixed and should be removed from it. [1] http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/elmer Regards, Boris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-23 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:44:47 +0200 Boris Pek wrote: control: tags 698527 confirmed control: found 698527 5.5.0.svn.4499.dfsg-1 Hi, This is really bad news for us. Actually, this is really bad news for every Free Software supporter... And I am very sorry to be the bringer of bad news.

Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

2013-01-19 Thread Francesco Poli (wintermute)
Package: elmer Version: 6.1.0.svn.5396.dfsg2-1 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.3 Hello, this may sound like a revival of bug #618696 [1], but in fact it's distinct (although the evergreen OpenCASCADE GPL-incompatibility is still involved...). [1] http://bugs.debian.org/618696 Let's