Re: deluge and GeoIP database license

2008-11-25 Thread Cristian Greco
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 08:09:45PM +0100, Patrick Matthäi wrote: Cristian Greco schrieb: Hi all, I'm working for a new upload of deluge[0] (bittorrent client). The source tarball includes a GeoLite Country (binary) database by MaxMind, which should be distributed using the

Re: deluge and GeoIP database license

2008-11-25 Thread Cristian Greco
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 08:09:45PM +0100, Patrick Matthäi wrote: Yeah it was considered non-free. I adopted the package and fixed the issues together with the upstream authors. It is fixed since I am repackaging it with a dfsg tarball. I see your point here. I had a look at your geoip

Re: deluge and GeoIP database license

2008-11-25 Thread Patrick Matthäi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cristian Greco schrieb: On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 08:09:45PM +0100, Patrick Matthäi wrote: Yeah it was considered non-free. I adopted the package and fixed the issues together with the upstream authors. It is fixed since I am repackaging it with a

Re: deluge and GeoIP database license

2008-11-24 Thread MJ Ray
Cristian Greco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've found that ktorrent (CCing to pkg-kde-extras, please CC your replies because I'm not subscribed) uses the same DB by MaxMind, but that license has been considered non DFSG-free two years ago by the list[2]. It was the APNIC, ARIN and RIPE databases

Re: deluge and GeoIP database license

2008-11-24 Thread Patrick Matthäi
Cristian Greco schrieb: Hi all, I'm working for a new upload of deluge[0] (bittorrent client). The source tarball includes a GeoLite Country (binary) database by MaxMind, which should be distributed using the license[1] below. Please do not ship any copys of the database, such things are

Re: deluge and GeoIP database license

2008-11-21 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le vendredi 21 novembre 2008 à 00:33 +0100, Cristian Greco a écrit : 1) Is this license really suitable for distribution in main now? Yes, it’s a BSD license with advertising clause. Theoretically you cannot link GPL software without exception to it; however the library is merely using it as

deluge and GeoIP database license

2008-11-20 Thread Cristian Greco
Hi all, I'm working for a new upload of deluge[0] (bittorrent client). The source tarball includes a GeoLite Country (binary) database by MaxMind, which should be distributed using the license[1] below. I've found that ktorrent (CCing to pkg-kde-extras, please CC your replies because I'm not

Re: [Pkg-kde-extras] deluge and GeoIP database license

2008-11-20 Thread Cristian Greco
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 01:42:36AM +0200, Modestas Vainius wrote: Hello, penktadienis 21 Lapkritis 2008, Cristian Greco rašė: I've found that ktorrent (CCing to pkg-kde-extras, please CC your replies because I'm not subscribed) uses the same DB by MaxMind, ktorrent package does not ship

Re: [Pkg-kde-extras] deluge and GeoIP database license

2008-11-20 Thread Modestas Vainius
Hello, penktadienis 21 Lapkritis 2008, Cristian Greco rašė: AFAICS ktorrent source tarball has been repackaged because it ships the GeoIP DB by MaxMind and some flag icons (another problem in common with deluge). Well, that is true. Since I can drop that stuff from the tarball without losing

Re: [Pkg-kde-extras] deluge and GeoIP database license

2008-11-20 Thread Modestas Vainius
Hello, penktadienis 21 Lapkritis 2008, Cristian Greco rašė: I've found that ktorrent (CCing to pkg-kde-extras, please CC your replies because I'm not subscribed) uses the same DB by MaxMind, ktorrent package does not ship any DB, it just links against libgeoip and uses whatever that one

Re: deluge and GeoIP database license

2008-11-20 Thread Joe Smith
Cristian Greco wrote: Hi all, I'm working for a new upload of deluge[0] (bittorrent client). The source tarball includes a GeoLite Country (binary) database by MaxMind, which should be distributed using the license[1] below. I've found that ktorrent (CCing to pkg-kde-extras, please CC your