Bug#538852: Bug#538849: ITP: stardict-english-simpchinese -- Stardict package for English to and from Simplified Chinese dictionaries

[Andrew Lee <ajqlee@debian.org>]

Hi Liu,

Changwoo Ryu wrote:
> Please verify that they are really under GPL. Many of the GPL-labeled
> stardict dictionaries are actually generated from non-free sources
> (sometimes illegally). This problem has been raised many times but the
> stardict authors don't seem to care at all.

As Changwoo mentioned. We *need* look into it's history also, not
blindly trust the license statement provided by upstream author.

BTW, maybe convert exist dict-xdict package to stardict format is a
easier way as this dictionary is in Debian already:
    dict-xdict - An English to Chinese Dictionary

> CEDICT one looks OK but I suspect the other ones to be non-free.

As my understanding, CEDICT license is not DFSG-free as well.

-Andrew