Bug#697140: unblock: zangband/1:2.7.5pre1-7
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On 2013-01-01 22:28, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Package: release.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
> Usertags: unblock
>
> Please unblock package zangband
>
> zangband/1:2.7.5pre1-7 fixes two serious issues with the debian/copyright
> file: #696916 [1] and #696919 [2]. Both issues are considered RC bugs
> for the upcoming release Debian Wheezy.
>
I am not convinced that version 1:2.7.5pre1-7 does not fix all license
issues in zangband (see the remark about "Files: debian/*" below).
> Markus Koschany made the necessary changes and added himself to the package
> maintainers (with consent from the package's maintainer). I reviewed his
> changes, asked him for necessary changes, built and uploaded the updated
> package.
>
> I am attaching the debdiff.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adrian
>
> unblock zangband/1:2.7.5pre1-7
>
> [...]
> +
> +Files: *
^^^^^^^^
> +Copyright: 1997 Ben Harrison, James E. Wilson, Robert A. Koeneke, Steven Fuerst
> + and others
> +License: The Zangband license
> + This software may be copied and distributed for educational, research, and not
> + for profit purposes provided that this copyright and statement are included in
> + all such copies. Other copyrights may also apply.
> +
> +Files: *
^^^^^^^^
This makes the previous paragraph redundant according to DEP-5
> +Copyright: 1989 Robert Alan Koeneke
> +License: [...]
> +
> +Files: debian/*
> +Copyright: 1998-2000 Eric Leblanc <jughead@debian.org>
> + 2001 Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
> + 2001 Brian Nelson <bnelson@bloddclot.net>
> + 2002 Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com>
> + 2002 Michael Fedrowitz <michaelf@debian.org>
> + 2003 Jerome Marant <jerome@debian.org>
> + 2003 Pascal Hakim <pasc@debian.org>
> + 2004 Vince Mulhollon <vlm@debian.org>
> + 2006 Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@debian.org>
> + 2007-2012 Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org>
> + 2012 Markus Koschany <apo@gambaru.de>
> +License: GPL-3+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
... and this is very likely to make the resulting code undistributable
if the debian packaging includes patches touching the upstream part[1].
Incidentally, zangband does appear to have patches in debian/patches/*.
~Niels
[1] Given the upstream license is non-free, I sincerely doubt it is
GPL-3+ compatible.
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