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Re: FreeDiams 0.6.0 - excluding drugs database for the package ?



On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 02:49:42PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:

> Not really.  If I undrestand correctly FreeDiams need some database.
> You build a database which is created from data which are distributed
> under a DFSG free license and ship it with FreeDiams.  Please make sure
> the complete license text and the original documentation will be
> provided inside the tarball (and as I mentioned some notes about the
> creation process).
> 
> All other databases which are in conflict with DFSG (non-commercial,
> exclusive academic , whatever) should be provided in a separate
> source tarball, say
> 
>     freediams-extra-drugs_non-free-<version>.tar.gz
> 
> and also here make sure to quote the license text from the original
> location.  This is not only important for Debian - it is for every other
> user and specifically for you as author to be very clear about the
> license.
> 
> We might package this as freediams-extra-drugs Debian package in
> Debian non-free and might do a
> 
>     Suggests: freediams-extra-drugs
> 
> inside the freediams package.

This approach sounds very reasonable.

Karsten
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