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Bug#1006198: marked as done (docbook: Packaging license incompatible with the upstream)

Your message dated Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:57:06 -0300
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has caused the Debian Bug report #1006198,
regarding docbook: Packaging license incompatible with the upstream
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Package: docbook
Version: 4.5-9
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: Mark W. Eichin <eichin@thok.org>, Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@debian.org>, Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>, Daniel Leidert (dale) <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de>, Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>, Mathieu Malaterre <malat@debian.org>, Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>

The current packaging license (GPL-2+) is incompatible with upstream
licensing (DocBook License). It is a hampering condition to submit patches
from Debian to the upstream.

I would like to change the packaging licensing to 'DocBook' and I will
wait 15 days to know if anyone has any objection.

Thanks!

Regards,

Eriberto

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Em seg., 21 de fev. de 2022 às 09:54, Daniel Leidert
<dleidert@debian.org> escreveu:
>
> Am Montag, dem 21.02.2022 um 00:55 -0300 schrieb Joao Eriberto Mota Filho:
> > Package: docbook
> > Version: 4.5-9
> > Severity: normal
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: Mark W. Eichin <eichin@thok.org>, Adam Di Carlo
> > <aph@debian.org>, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@debian.org>, Yann Dirson
> > <dirson@debian.org>, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>, Daniel Leidert
> > (dale) <daniel.leidert@wgdd.de>, Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>, Mathieu
> > Malaterre <malat@debian.org>, Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>
> >
> > The current packaging license (GPL-2+) is incompatible with upstream
> > licensing (DocBook License). It is a hampering condition to submit patches
> > from Debian to the upstream.
>
> Can you elaborate on the problems you observe?
>
> The docbook* packages are not supposed to differ from upstream, so bug fixes
> should always go back to upstream. There is no interest to create our own
> variant. There was just one problem: issues in older releases don't get fixed
> by upstream anymore - or better: upstream fixed those issues and then released
> the fixes with the next version. They don't touch older releases. That's why we
> have a set of patches to fix problems in e.g. DocBook 4.3. Those patches will
> not be accepted by upstream anyway, so there is IMHO no issue having those
> under GPL.
>
> > I would like to change the packaging licensing to 'DocBook' and I will
> > wait 15 days to know if anyone has any objection.
>
> You want to relicense the code because you don't like the license, and you want
> to do it without permission of all the authors/contributors that added their
> work under the GPL-2+ by delcaring them not to answer to silently agreeing?
> Interesting take on relicensing, purely illegal though ...
>
> Daniel

Hi Daniel,

Considering that docbook is orphan plus your reply (or your very
aggressive reply), I am closing this bug.

Thank you to Helmut Grohne.

Have a nice day.

Regards,

Eriberto

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