On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 14:55:03 +0100 Andreas Ronnquist wrote: > > > A package I am maintaining (Geeqie) Hello Andreas! First off, thanks for maintaining one of my favorite image viewers in Debian! > is looking to use ZoneDetect > timezone data, and geeqie upstream has actually embedded that data in > their upstream git repo. See [1] for that commit. > > I have searched Debian mailinglists, and to me it looks like this is > ok, the ZoneDetect data is licensed under ODbL 1.0, [...] > > Since I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to this, I ask here - Does this > look alright? [...] Personally, I don't think the ODbl v1.0 meets the DFSG. See [my analysis] and a [reply] by MJ Ray. [my analysis]: <https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/08/msg00015.html> [reply]: <https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/08/msg00022.html> Please note that this is just my own personal opinion. As you probably know well, the actual decision makers for the acceptability of a package in Debian are the FTP Masters, who may disagree with my analysis... I hope this helps. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/ There's not a second to spare! To the laboratory! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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