On Sun, 19 May 2013 11:04:54 +0200 Anton Gladky wrote: [...] > May I upload the current FreeCAD version into backports, linked against > the old Coin3D version? I am under the impression that the same reasoning that led to the decision to remove freecad from wheezy would apply to wheezy-backport as well. Or am I missing something? [...] > FreeCAD is a popular package and Wheezy's users really need that. I have > got some private mails from them with the question, why FreeCAD is not > in Wheezy and whether is it possible to bring it there. That's really unfortunate: it's the exact scenario that I feared it would materialize. That's why I have been struggling since April 2009 in order to persuade OpenCASCADE S.A.S. to re-license the OpenCASCADE Technology framework under GPL-compatible terms... No public news from them on this front yet, sadly. :-( http://bugs.debian.org/617613#173 Please recall that this would be the ideal solution: so I renew my call for help on this front. This is what I have repeated like a broken record for ages: please get in touch with OpenCASCADE S.A.S. and persuade them to re-license the OpenCASCADE Technology framework under GPL-compatible terms! http://bugs.debian.org/617613#5 http://bugs.debian.org/617613#59 On the other hand, getting rid of all the GPL-licensed parts and dependencies of FreeCAD is a sub-optimal solution (although it's still a solution for FreeCAD...). The re-licensing of Coin3D under a BSD license is a step towards the sub-optimal solution (the other step is getting rid of any remaining GPL-licensed code included in FreeCAD itself). http://bugs.debian.org/617613#158 -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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