Re: introduction of Knoppix-math : proposal for collaboration
Le dimanche 12 septembre 2010 à 09:56 +0900, Hideki Yamane a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I met debian-based derivative Knoppix-math(*) folks at Open Source Conference
> Tokyo, Japan. I hear they pressed their CD/DVD a lot (more than thousands) and
> distributed those at some mathematical conference. However, some of the package
> in their pressed LiveCD are packaged and maintained by themselves but have not
> enough manpower for maintenance and update (Also, one important software is not
> DFSG-free, but they cannot negotiate with upstream because of lack of human
> resources).
>
> *) http://knoppix-math.org/
>
>
> I know there are guys who are working on this scientific package area - So, I
> hope Debian and knoppix-math collaborate with that - take packages from
> Knoppix-math to Debian itself and co-maintain it, think about license issue,
> improving their distribution with using Debian-live. How about this? :)
It would be just great!
Do you have a list of your packages? (and those which are not in Debian)
Do you know also which packages have license issues ?
By the way, you might be interested to have a look to Debian Blends:
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPureBlends
Sylvestre
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