Bug#292572: ITP: praat -- program for speech analysis and synthesis

[Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org>]

* Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@debian.org> [2005-03-30 16:45]:

> * Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl> [2005-03-30 16:23]:
>
> > If that file is really non-free, you should probably repackage the
> > tarball (I note the tarball was repackaged anyway, as it has 'rafael' as
> > owner of all files) removing that file. If it's merely not allowed to
> > link it in GPL programs, you can of course leave it where it is, as you
> > do not link it in (I did not verify that, but take your word for it).
> 
> The license of the problematic file (praat-4.3/ipa/ipaSerifRegularPS.c)
> does allow its use and distribution freely (only modification is
> forbidden), so I do not see a strong reason for not having it in the
> tarball.  This file is not used at all to generated the praat binary (I
> used xipaPS.c instead), so the binary package is fully DFSG-compliant.
> 
> Please tell me exactly what I should do to clear the situation up.  I
> really wish to have praat in unstable.

I uploaded a new version of the package (4.3.04-1).  The problematic file
is not more in the upstream tarball (the upstream author has integrated
my GPLed file).  The package is now fully DFSG-compliant, both the source
and the binary.

Could you please move it into sid?

Thanks,
 
-- 
Rafael