The feedback from the FTP masters, and my response.
--- Begin Message ---Hi FTP masters!On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:23:23 +0000, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <ftpmas...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi maintainer(s)! > > I'm sorry, but your copyright file is incomplete: I half-expected that... I spent quite a lot of time grepping through the source code and found a lot of different copyright files, quite a jungle out there... > banb/ containts some BSDish licensed files, will fix. > as well as two where the author > "The author disclaims copyright to this source code." but gives a > "blessing" instead, This is the "amalgamed sqlite" - which is not used during the build. It is exactly the same license as what is currently in the archive as sqlite3. I am not sure what can be done with those, considering the presence of that code in Debian already... > extensions/ contains many GPLv1+ and BSD licensed > files, include/irc_dictionary.h is also not GPL licensed, and probably > quite some more. will fix. > Please feel free to respond to this email if you don't understand why > your files were rejected, or if you upload new files which address our > concerns. Do you mind if I forward those communications to the BTS (#485553) so that others can contribute? Is it okay if I upload a new package with details about the BSD files and other licenses, while still shipping the sqlite source? Thank you for your work, A.pgpIsKvuVeZWU.pgp
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