Bug#483217: texlive-latex-base: Files by Donald Arseneau: Lacking license statement, or nosell and such

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Package: texlive-latex-base
Version: 2007-14
Severity: serious

See also 

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356853#20
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356853#44

and finally

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356853#260

with contact data and a discouraging comment about getting an answer
from him about licensing stuff.

The list of files is:

(first part researched in teTeX days)

    * chapterbib.sty: no license information
    * tabls.sty: no license information
    * import.sty: "this software is free of any restrictions"
    * relsize.sty: "public domain", nothing else
    * version.sty: no license information, not only by D.A.
    * selectp.sty: no license information 

Files only in TeXLive:

    * braket.sty "This is free, unencumbered, unsupported software."
    * conditionals.sty: No license information, not only by D.A.
    * excludeonly.sty: No license information, not only by D.A.
    * notoccite.sty: PD, but license statement could be clearer
    * placeins.tex: No license information
    * sansmath: PD, but could be clearer (what is PD?)
    * tabto.tex: No license information
    * titleref.sty: PD, spell out
    * underscore.sty: No license information
    * varwidth.sty: LPPL, but outdated "short version" included


Regards, Frank

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (99, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages texlive-latex-base depends on:
ii  texlive-base                  2007-14    TeX Live: Essential programs and f
ii  texlive-common                2007-14    TeX Live: Base component

Versions of packages texlive-latex-base recommends:
ii  texlive-latex-base-doc        2007-14    TeX Live: Documentation files for 

Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii  debconf                      1.5.11etch1 Debian configuration management sy
ii  ucf                          2.0020      Update Configuration File: preserv

Versions of packages texlive-latex-base is related to:
pn  tetex-base                    <none>     (no description available)
ii  tetex-bin                     2007-14    TeX Live: teTeX transitional packa
ii  tetex-extra                   2007-14    TeX Live: teTeX transitional packa
ii  tex-common                    1.10       common infrastructure for building

-- debconf information:
  tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
  tex-common/check_texmf_missing:

-- 
Frank Küster
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)