Re: Re: Re: Bug#227159: ocaml: Worse, the QPL is not DFSG-free

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 08:45:59PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 03:07:45AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > > > reasonable suggestion in most cases, and fits my explanation of "course of
> > > > > action" exactly.
> 
> > > > Sure, but totally irrealistic.
> 
> > > In this specific case, and only known because of your knowledge of upstream. 
> 
> > So, did anyone here care about my knowledge ? You didn't even bothered to
> > consult me, or others of the ocaml debian team, and engagedin a course of
> > action which may result in having ocaml removed from sarge without chance of
> > redemption, and i doubt that the RM will hold the release until this is
> > solved. And then you wonder why i feel a little upset ? 
> 
> As a fellow release assistant, I agree with Colin Watson's position that
> there is no pressing reason to remove packages from the archive while
> their license status is still being discussed, or while a clarification
> is being sought from upstream, if those packages are already in stable.

Ok, nice to hear that.

> Moreover, even after sarge is released, packages can still be removed
> from main in a point release.

Makes sense.

> So please stop trying to use the upcoming sarge release as a shield
> against open and frank discussion about the problems with the QPL.  If

Well, it is the first time i heard about this, maybe Colin told me already but
i missed it or somethign such though. I hope i have posed the basis for a
better discusion of this with my sumary-recapitulation-whatver.

> the ultimate conclusion is that the QPL is not free, any time you've
> spent trying to delay examination of this license can only hurt ocaml's
> chances of remaining in the archive.

Well, did i try to delay examination ? I posted with my doubts about the first
summary conclusion, and was ignored. This hardly seams like a delaying tactic
on my part.

I also contacted upstream, let's see what he will say to it, i doubt it will
be positive though.

Friendly,

Sven Luther