Bug#893561: libtablelayout-java: license does not seem to meet the DFSG

2018-04-15 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 15/04/2018 à 11:42, Francesco Poli a écrit : > So there's no way to create a modified version of libtablelayout-java > that can be used as a drop-in replacement for the original upstream > TableLayout. Fundamentally the libtablelayout-java package in Debian is a fork of the project named

Bug#893561: libtablelayout-java: license does not seem to meet the DFSG

2018-04-15 Thread tony mancill
On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 11:42:20AM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:09:47 +0200 Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > > > Le 28/03/2018 à 23:34, Francesco Poli a écrit : > > > > > In other words, can someone develop a fork of libtablelayout-java (with > > > the namespace changed to a

Bug#893561: libtablelayout-java: license does not seem to meet the DFSG

2018-04-15 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:38:42 +0200 Markus Koschany wrote: > Am 28.03.2018 um 23:34 schrieb Francesco Poli: > > On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 15:22:12 +0100 Markus Koschany wrote: [...] > > debian-legal is more like a sort of advisory board, where licensing > > issues are discussed and analyzed. The FTP

Bug#893561: libtablelayout-java: license does not seem to meet the DFSG

2018-04-15 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:09:47 +0200 Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > Le 28/03/2018 à 23:34, Francesco Poli a écrit : > > > In other words, can someone develop a fork of libtablelayout-java (with > > the namespace changed to a different one) which works as a drop-in > > replacement for the original

Bug#893561: libtablelayout-java: license does not seem to meet the DFSG

2018-03-28 Thread Markus Koschany
Am 28.03.2018 um 23:34 schrieb Francesco Poli: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 15:22:12 +0100 Markus Koschany wrote: > >> Am 24.03.2018 um 00:17 schrieb Francesco Poli: > [...] >>> Was the debian-legal discussion pointed out to the FTP Masters? >>> Did they explain the rationale behind their decision? >>

Bug#893561: libtablelayout-java: license does not seem to meet the DFSG

2018-03-28 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 28/03/2018 à 23:34, Francesco Poli a écrit : > In other words, can someone develop a fork of libtablelayout-java (with > the namespace changed to a different one) which works as a drop-in > replacement for the original libtablelayout-java? If you change the namespace it can't be used as a

Bug#893561: libtablelayout-java: license does not seem to meet the DFSG

2018-03-28 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 24 Mar 2018 15:22:12 +0100 Markus Koschany wrote: > Am 24.03.2018 um 00:17 schrieb Francesco Poli: [...] > > Was the debian-legal discussion pointed out to the FTP Masters? > > Did they explain the rationale behind their decision? > > FYI, debian-legal is a mailing list and not a Debian

Bug#893561: libtablelayout-java: license does not seem to meet the DFSG

2018-03-24 Thread Markus Koschany
Am 24.03.2018 um 00:17 schrieb Francesco Poli: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:30:53 +0100 Markus Koschany wrote: > >> Am 19.03.2018 um 22:28 schrieb Francesco Poli (wintermute): > [...] >>> I noticed that the license was >>> [discussed](https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/06/msg00050.html) >>>

Bug#893561: libtablelayout-java: license does not seem to meet the DFSG

2018-03-23 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:30:53 +0100 Markus Koschany wrote: > Am 19.03.2018 um 22:28 schrieb Francesco Poli (wintermute): [...] > > I noticed that the license was > > [discussed](https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/06/msg00050.html) > > on debian-legal a long time ago. > > My > >

Bug#893561: libtablelayout-java: license does not seem to meet the DFSG

2018-03-20 Thread Francesco Poli
On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 00:41:04 +0200 Adrian Bunk wrote: [...] > In https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/01/msg00142.html you > agreed entirely that it is OK when software is made DFSG-free through > renaming to avoid trademark violations. > > What difference would it make whether our users

Bug#893561: libtablelayout-java: license does not seem to meet the DFSG

2018-03-19 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 10:28:13PM +0100, Francesco Poli (wintermute) wrote: >... > The debian/copyright file states, in part: > > | The source code has been modified to make the package suitable for main (see > | license III. 4.). The package namespace has been changed from > |

Bug#893561: libtablelayout-java: license does not seem to meet the DFSG

2018-03-19 Thread Francesco Poli (wintermute)
Package: libtablelayout-java Version: 20090826-3 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1 Hello! Thanks for maintaining this package in Debian. I noticed that the license was [discussed](https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/06/msg00050.html) on debian-legal a long time ago. My