[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Bug#366002: aiccu: Lack of AMD64 package



On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 10:32:21AM +0200, Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote:
> A Divendres 05 Maig 2006 12:23, Anand Kumria va escriure:
> > On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 12:55:06PM +0200, William Anderle wrote:
> > > Package: aiccu
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > >
> > > Debian still lacks an AMD64 package of AICCU. Even tough this is a
> > > feature request, the lack of this package is pretty severe. Other
> > > distributions (FreeBSD, Gentoo) already provides a AMD64 build.
> >
> > Hi William,
> >
> > I do not have an AMD64 machine to build the package for; and
> > (apparently) none of the autobuilders want to build this package
> > (probably because it is non-free).
> >
> > You'll need to convince an autobuilder to build it, or do yourself. if
> > you choose the latter option I can walk you through the process.
> 
> I have read the licence and I don't see any important requeriment to not be a 
> Open Source or follow the debian policy. However, I'm not an expert, so 
> probably there's some detail that escapes from my poor knowledge .

I don't understand how you can read the licence and fail to see aiccu is
NOT Free Software. How do you resolve (for example) clause 5 of the licence
with DFSG points 5 or 6.

Note unless you've got some magical way to bypass the 'chinese dissent
test', please don't respond.

Anand

-- 
 `When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to
  its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are
  forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how
  holy the motives' -- Robert A Heinlein, "If this goes on --"



Reply to: