Wrong adress... Début du message réexpédié : > De : Eric Maeker <eric.maeker@gmail.com> > Date : 20 septembre 2013 10:18:54 HAEC > À : Faheem Mitha <faheem@faheem.info> > Objet : Rép : packaging data that can't be distributed as part of a Debian package > > > Le 19 sept. 2013 à 23:44, Faheem Mitha a écrit : > >> Hi, >> >> I have a situation where I have some software I want to package for Debian. This software needs to use some biological data, but I was told by the website I got this data from that I could not redistribute it. >> >> So, I suppose anyone using the software needs to download it. I'll provide a script to download the data, but if I want to build a Debian package containing that data, how should I do it? > > You should just add a menu in the application or a command-line script to let user download the data. > I had the same problem with FreeMedForms/FreeDiams and drugs database. Now, user get the application with a minimal free set of data, and a "datapack" manager that let him download drugs databases (free or not) from other repositories than debian. The application is now in totally compatible with the DFSG and available in the "free" repositories of Debian (and derivates). > > Eric, freemedforms.com ----- Eric Maeker, MD (Fr) http://www.freemedforms.com : Suite logicielle médicale open source http://asso.freemedforms.com : Association 1901 des utilisateurs de la suite FreeMedForms http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMed : Debian Med est une distribution Debian orientée médecine http://www.ericmaeker.fr : site personnel
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