Re: RFS: libqsi - second attempt

2012-02-13 Thread chrysn
hello jasem, i'm not a debian developer myself, so i can't help you with uploading, nor should you rely solely on my opinion here, but i hope these comments are helpful both to you and the developer reviewing your package for upload: * you already require debhelper 6, is there any reason you

RFS: libqsi - second attempt

2012-02-11 Thread Jasem Mutlaq
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package libqsi. * Package name: libqsi Version : 6.0.3-1 Upstream Author : Quantum Scientific Imaging * URL : http://www.qsimaging.com * License : Propietary Section : libs It builds those binary

Fwd: RFS: libqsi

2012-01-26 Thread Jasem Mutlaq
-- Forwarded message -- From: Jasem Mutlaq mutla...@ikarustech.com Date: Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:08 PM Subject: Re: RFS: libqsi To: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org Ok, I modified the subsection and updated copyright information for the following packages: 1. libqsi (non-free): http

Re: RFS: libqsi

2012-01-22 Thread Jasem Mutlaq
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Paul Wise p...@debian.org wrote: On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Jasem Mutlaq wrote: The driver that requires this library (INDI QSI driver) is released under the LGPL v2.1. However, the library itself (QSI) is proprietary and there is no open source

Re: RFS: libqsi

2012-01-21 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Jasem Mutlaq wrote: The driver that requires this library (INDI QSI driver) is released under the LGPL v2.1. However, the library itself (QSI) is proprietary and there is no open source alternative as this is a very special purpose library for controlling

RFS: libqsi

2012-01-20 Thread Jasem Mutlaq
Dear mentors, I am looking for a sponsor for my package libqsi. * Package name: libqsi Version : 6.0.3-1 Upstream Author : Quantum Scientific Imaging * URL : http://www.qsimaging.com * License : BSD Section : libs It builds those binary

Re: RFS: libqsi

2012-01-20 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, Jasem Mutlaq mutla...@ikarustech.com writes: * Package name: libqsi Version : 6.0.3-1 Upstream Author : Quantum Scientific Imaging * URL : http://www.qsimaging.com * License : BSD Section : libs dget -x

Re: RFS: libqsi

2012-01-20 Thread Jasem Mutlaq
There is no license included in the upstream tarball, only a copyright notice and a disclaimer.  Where did you get the information that it is licensed under a BSD license? I contacted the company to get explicit BSD-2 clause in the COPYING file. Awaiting their reply. You do not need to

Re: RFS: libqsi

2012-01-20 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, Jasem Mutlaq mutla...@ikarustech.com writes: There seems to be no source for the PDF file in the doc/ directory. Is this recommended or mandatory? Source needs to be present for everything part of Debian. That includes documentation and files that are not shipped in the binary packages.

Re: RFS: libqsi

2012-01-20 Thread Jasem Mutlaq
Source needs to be present for everything part of Debian.  That includes documentation and files that are not shipped in the binary packages. If you cannot provide the source, you need to repack to upstream tarball and remove the sourceless files. Ok, I got a confirmation from QSI that the

Re: RFS: libqsi

2012-01-20 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Jasem Mutlaq wrote: Ok, I got a confirmation from QSI that the source code for libqsi is proprietary. They grant you the right to distribute source and binary forms of the library, but not to modify the source itself. Can this be added to Debian 'non-free' ?

Re: RFS: libqsi

2012-01-20 Thread Jasem Mutlaq
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Paul Wise p...@debian.org wrote: On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Jasem Mutlaq wrote: Ok, I got a confirmation from QSI that the source code for libqsi is proprietary. They grant you the right to distribute source and binary forms of the library, but not to