Bug#675167: Bug#674844: Bug#674850: Bug#675167: Bug#674850: RM: figlet -- RoQA; license which "specifically excludes the right to re-distribute"

[Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at>]

* Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar@debian.org> [2012-06-04 21:30:28 CEST]:
> Hi!
> 
> On 04.06.2012 19:56, Julien Cristau wrote:
> 
> >>> There seems to be just about 0 creative content in that file.  What
> >>> exactly is the problem with it?
> >> Figlet 2.2.5 has just been released with the following changelog [1].
> > That doesn't seem to answer the above question.
> 
> The problem is that someone claims that he has copyrights on some of
> these files.

 So far, correct.

> It doesn't actually matter, what I or anyone else thinks about that,
> unless it's a judge ruling that said files are not copyrightable.

 The suggested replacement file though is from the same copyright
holder, contains the same text.  This all suggests that the copyright
holder relicensed the information stored in the file under a free
license.

 So for stable, just the license information would need to get updated,
AIUI.  If a sponsor is needed for the stable update, please give me a
ping.

 Thanks,
Rhonda
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