Re: Ping: Help for non-technical task needed (Was: License of colt [colt_1.2.0~dfsg-1_amd64.changes REJECTED)
Le 8/1/12 10:48 AM, Andreas Tille a écrit :
> Hi Olivier,
>
> On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 10:13:47AM +0200, Olivier Sallou wrote:
>> Le 8/1/12 9:48 AM, Andreas Tille a écrit :
>>> This would enable me spending more time on technical issues.
>> I think one of the author is reachable
>> (http://www.facebook.com/wolfgang.hoschek). We should be able to contact
>> him via this channel.
> It would be cool if somebody could do this (I'm not at facebook nor do I
> intend to go there for this purpose ... I once joined linkedin just to
> contact an upstream author).
>
>> However, aida code is a multi developper code, I don't know how this can
>> be managed when "team" is over (last code update is 2010 [0])
>>
>> However, on FREEHEP web site, it is specified that license is LGPL, no
>> military exception.
> Perhaps I'm wrong but I found the following:
>
> http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-med/trunk/packages/libcolt-java/trunk/debian/copyright?view=markup
I have sent a message via Facebook to one of the author but I am afraid
that it will be complicated....
> I'd be happy if we could solve this issue by whatever means.
>
> Thank you for checking this in any case
>
> Andreas.
>
>> [0] http://java.freehep.org/index.html
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> Andreas.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 09:46:50AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> the following is a task where a volunteer can prove his support of the
>>>> Debian Med team to enable us concentrating on technical work instead of
>>>> needing to do research for upstream authors on the internet. The task
>>>> is as follows:
>>>>
>>>> The address I used from one of the upstream authors of colt (the only
>>>> address I was able to find in the code) bounced. So please have a look
>>>> onto the copyright file
>>>>
>>>> http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-med/trunk/packages/libcolt-java/trunk/debian/copyright?revision=9360&view=markup
>>>>
>>>> and into the code which can be downloaded from
>>>>
>>>> http://acs.lbl.gov/software/colt/colt-download/releases/
>>>>
>>>> or any other resources in the internet. I also found the location
>>>> of FreeHEP
>>>>
>>>> http://aida.freehep.org/
>>>>
>>>> and the docs
>>>>
>>>> http://aida.freehep.org/doc/v3.2.0/api/hep/
>>>>
>>>> but did not found the promised link to more license specifications.
>>>>
>>>> So please help us in contacting the authors to enable distribution of
>>>> the Colt library and thus several phylogeny packages in our queue.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help
>>>>
>>>> Andreas.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:29:05PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
>>>>> Hi Wolfgang,
>>>>>
>>>>> I intended to package colt as a precondition for some phylogeny package
>>>>> inside Debian. Unfortunately the current license is in conflict with the
>>>>> Debian Free Software Guidelines
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
>>>>>
>>>>> specifically item 5. and 6. saying:
>>>>>
>>>>> 5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
>>>>> The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons.
>>>>>
>>>>> 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
>>>>> The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program
>>>>> in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the
>>>>> program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic
>>>>> reseach.
>>>>>
>>>>> So while I personally perfectly share your pacifistic intentions and it
>>>>> is a hard job I need to take over hereby but I wonder whether you might
>>>>> consider a point of view that licensing of Free Software and pacifistic
>>>>> view of the world are orthogonal things. If not we never can release
>>>>> colt nor its dependencies in main Debian which would be a shame.
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Andreas.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Forwarded message from Ansgar Burchardt <ftpmaster@debian.org> -----
>>>>>
>>>>> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:31:46 +0000
>>>>> From: Ansgar Burchardt <ftpmaster@debian.org>
>>>>> To: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>,
>>>>> Debian Med Packaging Team <debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org>
>>>>> Cc: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>
>>>>> Subject: colt_1.2.0~dfsg-1_amd64.changes REJECTED
>>>>> X-Spam_score: -2.3
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm rejecting your package as hep.aida.* is non-free according to the
>>>>> information in xdocs/license.xml:
>>>>>
>>>>> Permission to use and/or redistribute this work is granted under the terms of
>>>>> the LGPL License, with the exception that any usage related to military
>>>>> applications is expressly forbidden. The software and documentation made
>>>>> available under the terms of this license are provided with no warranty.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Ansgar
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ===
>>>>>
>>>>> Please feel free to respond to this email if you don't understand why
>>>>> your files were rejected, or if you upload new files which address our
>>>>> concerns.
>>>>>
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