Bug#964815: it looks like dprof2calltree cannot be distributed with a GPL-2 work

2020-07-11 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 10 Jul 2020 18:33:32 -0400 Nicholas D Steeves wrote: [...] > Adrian Bunk writes: > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 03:38:57PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > >>... > >> * Neither name of the company nor the names of its contributors may be > >> used to endorse or promote products

Bug#964815: it looks like dprof2calltree cannot be distributed with a GPL-2 work

2020-07-11 Thread Florian Weimer
* Nicholas D. Steeves: > Hi, > > Adrian Bunk writes: > >> On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 07:48:31PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >> >>> it would still not be DFSG-free, because it >>> fails the "desert island test" for snail mail. Were OmniTI Computer >>> Consulting would accept email, it would

Bug#964815: it looks like dprof2calltree cannot be distributed with a GPL-2 work

2020-07-10 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Hi, Adrian Bunk writes: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 07:48:31PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > >> it would still not be DFSG-free, because it >> fails the "desert island test" for snail mail. Were OmniTI Computer >> Consulting would accept email, it would also fail the "dissident test". > >

Bug#964815: it looks like dprof2calltree cannot be distributed with a GPL-2 work

2020-07-10 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 07:48:31PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > Hi Adrian, Hi Nicholas, >... > Did you read the text at that link? yes. > "it *does* cause practical > problems, including incompatibility with the GNU GPL [emphasis mine]" DFSG free code does not have to be GPL

Bug#964815: it looks like dprof2calltree cannot be distributed with a GPL-2 work

2020-07-10 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Hi Adrian, Adrian Bunk writes: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 06:33:32PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >> Adrian Bunk writes: >> > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 03:38:57PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >> >>... >> >> * Neither name of the company nor the names of its contributors may be >> >> used

Bug#964815: it looks like dprof2calltree cannot be distributed with a GPL-2 work

2020-07-10 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 06:33:32PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > Adrian Bunk writes: > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 03:38:57PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: > >>... > >> * Neither name of the company nor the names of its contributors may be > >> used to endorse or promote

Bug#964815: it looks like dprof2calltree cannot be distributed with a GPL-2 work

2020-07-10 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Hi Adrian, Adrian Bunk writes: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 03:38:57PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >>... >> * Neither name of the company nor the names of its contributors may be used >> to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific >> prior written permission.

Bug#964815: it looks like dprof2calltree cannot be distributed with a GPL-2 work

2020-07-10 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 03:38:57PM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote: >... > * Neither name of the company nor the names of its contributors may be used > to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific > prior written permission. > > I'm not 100% certain that bundling

Bug#964815: it looks like dprof2calltree cannot be distributed with a GPL-2 work

2020-07-10 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
At the very least, it appears that the advertising clauses make dprof2calltree not DFSG-free, because they fail the "desert island test".

Bug#964815: it looks like dprof2calltree cannot be distributed with a GPL-2 work

2020-07-10 Thread Nicholas D Steeves
Package: kcachegrind-converters Version: 4:17.08.3-2 Severity: serious Tags: upstream Forwarded: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424078 While preparing to import the new upstream release (https://salsa.debian.org/qt-kde-team/kde/kcachegrind/-/merge_requests/3) I did a copyright review, and