Bug#154312: Is mldonkey DFSG-Free ?

[jmarant@nerim.net (Jérôme Marant)]

Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es> writes:

  [ I'm CC'ing Bas and Steve in order to conclude about this ]

> Jerome, I haven't notified the Savannah people because Debian owes something
> to the FSF but rather because they were violating their own principles and
> me as a companion thought that aiding them was the correct thing.

  I totally agree with you. I just have prefered that you do not
  CC the bug when you contacted RMS.

> On the other hand the operating system Debian distributes is mostly
> based on software from the FSF. I personaly do owe them my gratitude.

  I'm grateful to the FSF too and I'm a great supporter of Free
  Software, don't get me wrong. But I'm trying to understand people
  sometimes and things are not that simple: this is not like mldonkey
  was closed-source. Furthermore, I'm following the OCaml world and
  I can tell that mldonkey authors are great Free Software contributors.

  And if you want Debian to get in well with upstream authors (which
  can be usefull when we encounter problems), you have to care about
  not making them much trouble, otherwise don't even think of them
  being helpfull!

> And of course it concerns to Debian wether we package mldonkey or not.

  I agree, that is why I said that we have to wait before packaging anything.

  Sorry, if you considered I've been offensive, I only expressed
  my opinions. Debian packaging is often a matter of relationship.

  Cheers,

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Jérôme Marant

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