Hi,
Thank you Ian and Dmitry for the feedback,
On lundi 19 février 2018 15:07:18 GMT Ian Jackson wrote:
> Thomas Preud'homme writes ("Re: GPLv3 source code with license check for
some build configuration, DFSG ok?"):
> > The questions I was asking in the original thread on -mentors are:
> >
> > - Is a non-ultimate build DFSG ok?
> > - Does the ultimate build respect the GPLv3?
>
> I think there is no legal problem. The questions are of ethics.
>
> AFAICT from what you are saying:
>
> The "ultimate" build is somehow superior.
>
> The upstream authors have granted legal permission by using the GPLv3,
> to disable the licence check. I guess that they would prefer users of
> the "ultimate" build to pay them or something; this is probably mostly
> "enforced" by providing users pre-built binaries, and hoping that
> no-one will ship non-licence-enforcing binaries.
Yes, that's their strategy from what I can see. I guess the average Windows
user is less likely to compile a software from source to have a custom build.
>
> So I don't think there is any _legal_ problem with any of the options
> you are considering.
>
> > Feature wise, the ultimate edition seems to only differ in the
> > license check, message with the version being embedded the word
> > "ultimate" and the absence of the following text in the UI: "Buy the
> > Ultimate version to fund development". The ultimate build seems to
> > be limited to Mac OS and Windows only, ie it does not build on Linux
> > but that's only because of a macro check. It could trivially be
> > disabled.
>
> I think there is nothing very objectionable about that UI text,
> provided it's not too intrusive. Indeed, GNU programs print
> self-advertisements too (not asking for money, so that's perhaps a bit
> different, but the same principle applies).
I'm yet to find where it is in the UI so I guess that's quite discreet :-)
>
> If the extra UI is an annoying nag then there should be a way to
> disable it but IMO you can leave it enabled by default.
>
> > Given the differences mentionned above, I prefer to just use a non
> > ultimate
> > build. The only difference except version number in some help string is to
> > encourage users to contribute to its development by telling them to buy
> > the
> > ultimate edition. They are free not to do it so I think that respects the
> > DFSG.
>
> Yes.
>
> So, there is no problem, I think.
>
> Personally, I would not simply disable the UI nag, even though we have
> legal permission to do so. Upstream would probably find it annoying.
Agreed.
>
> OTOH if there are actual _features_ in the "ultimate" version that
> aren't in the standard version, they should be enabled in the Debian
> package. It is OK for a Debian package to promote, to a limited
> extent, the reasonable agenda of its upstreams - but we should not be
> shipping crippleware.
There is no extra feature. I've uploaded the non ultimate build given the
general consensus here.
Best regards,
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