Re: Cannot upload package in sid to screenshots.debian.net ?
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Hi Evgeni,
Am 12.05.2011 22:00, schrieb Evgeni Golov:
> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 08:24:03PM +0200, Emmanuel Kasper wrote:
>
>> I wanted to upload a screenshot of gnome-video-arcade, but it looks like
>> the 'package name' field auto completes javascript prevents me to enter
>> its name. I cannot type gnome-video-arcade in the field.
>>
>> Is it because only screenshots from Stable are accepted ?
>
> No, screenshots for unstable are fine too. I guess its way simpler than
> you think:
> screenhots.d.n has to maintain a list of existing packages somewhere,
> and this list has to be updated from time to time. as your package is
> quite new (23-04-2011) in the archive, it may be the list just was not
> updated since then.
>
> I'm CCing Christoph, the maintainer of screenshots.d.n who might be able
> to tell you more or just push the update button :)
Yes I am able. :) The reason is that "gnome-video-arcade" is a contrib
package. As per a discussion quite a while ago on the debian-devel
mailing list I got recommended not to allow screenshots for contrib and
non-free packages due to the unclear legal situation. Screenshots seem
to be considered "derived work" or something (IANAL) and it's safe to
take them from DFSG-free packages only.
I had a talk with guys from the Ubuntu project who already offered me
sponsoring of a server if my current sponsor would go away. And they
even said they would not have concerns about publishing screenshots of
non-free software.
As I'm a stupid computer scientist with barely any legal knowledge and
no intention to get into legal trouble for a service I'm offering for
free I decided to go with the recommendation.
Cheers
Christoph
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