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Re: camlp4s_4.03-1_i386.changes REJECTED



On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 12:03:14AM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote:
> On 11083 March 1977, Sven Luther wrote:
> 
> >> you want to check your files again and fix debian/copyright. And/Or talk
> >> to Upstream about the license of at least /ocaml_stuff/* - it is the
> >> broken QPL, not BSD.
> 
> > Notice that the ocaml_stuff stuff is taken from the ocaml packages,
> > which are under a modified QPL with exception to satisfy debian,
> > so there is absolutely no problem here.o
> 
> > Maybe one could just keep the ocaml version actually used in ocaml, and
> > drop the older versions which predate the change, or more logically,
> > make camlp4s use the ocaml based files we package in ocaml-libs or
> > whatever it was.
> 
> > Joerg, since those files are verbatim copies of what we have in the
> > archive anyway, i don't see where the problem is ...
> 
> If it is something modified that actually works for the archive -

Sure, it is, look at the archive of debian-legal about ocaml and the QPL
for details. 

> fine. I dont care. But It still needs to get into the copyright file,
> which it wasnt.

The best idea would be to drop those files altogether and use the one
from the specially done for this purpose package instead, but this would
be an unneeded burden. 

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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