Re: Frustration with trying to build Debian packages from Maven-based sources

[Vincent Fourmond <fourmond@gmail.com>]

  Hello,

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org> wrote:
> Le 18/03/2013 02:35, Scott Howard a écrit :
>
>> A Debian operated mirror wouldn't be
>> enough, we'd need volunteers scouring the licensing and source code of
>> all the libraries in that mirror.
>
> Considering that the POM declares the license used this could be
> automated for most of the libraries.

  Experience shows that unfortunately, upstream authors have a slight
tendency to not represent properly the copyright/licenses of files,
especially for large projets. This part cannot be automated -- we've
had too many surprises of code thought to be free, but incorporating
non-free or even legally unusable content !

  Cheers,

      Vincent