[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#497115: Bug#497115: gpsdrive: possibly non-free file scripts/gpsfetchmap.pl
On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 12:00:51PM +0200, Andreas Putzo wrote: > Hi, > > On Sep 01 11:47, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:13:12PM +0200, Andreas Putzo wrote: > > > This restriction is clearly not dfsg free and for that reason i removed > > > the file from the upstream tarball. > > > > > > > I would add a reference for downloading the script in the README.Debian > > file too, to avoid users would be confused. But for that, that script > > violates clearly GPL and I would report upstream to solve the issue. > > That issue got sorted out with upstream some time ago and the script > is now GPL-2 licensed. The updated script gets installed and the non-free > one was only available in the source package. I don't think we need to > provide a URL to the old script beacuse the only difference is the > license change which is documented in debian/copyright. > Ah, thanks for the clarification, I missed all the rest of the story... -- Francesco P. Lovergine ___ Pkg-grass-devel mailing list Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel
[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#497115: Bug#497115: gpsdrive: possibly non-free file scripts/gpsfetchmap.pl
Hi, On Sep 01 11:47, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote: > On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:13:12PM +0200, Andreas Putzo wrote: > > This restriction is clearly not dfsg free and for that reason i removed > > the file from the upstream tarball. > > > > I would add a reference for downloading the script in the README.Debian > file too, to avoid users would be confused. But for that, that script > violates clearly GPL and I would report upstream to solve the issue. That issue got sorted out with upstream some time ago and the script is now GPL-2 licensed. The updated script gets installed and the non-free one was only available in the source package. I don't think we need to provide a URL to the old script beacuse the only difference is the license change which is documented in debian/copyright. Regards, Andreas ___ Pkg-grass-devel mailing list Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel
[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#497115: Bug#497115: gpsdrive: possibly non-free file scripts/gpsfetchmap.pl
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:13:12PM +0200, Andreas Putzo wrote: > This restriction is clearly not dfsg free and for that reason i removed > the file from the upstream tarball. > I would add a reference for downloading the script in the README.Debian file too, to avoid users would be confused. But for that, that script violates clearly GPL and I would report upstream to solve the issue. -- Francesco P. Lovergine ___ Pkg-grass-devel mailing list Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel
[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#497115: Bug#497115: gpsdrive: possibly non-free file scripts/gpsfetchmap.pl
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:13:12PM +0200, Andreas Putzo wrote: > gpsdrive (2.10~pre4-1) unstable; urgency=low > > Should i do a sourceful upload with the modified upstream tarball that > was intended to go into the archive from the beginning? > If you would upload the same upstream version you need to use epoch, else the upload with a new tarball would be refused. -- Francesco P. Lovergine ___ Pkg-grass-devel mailing list Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel
