Bug#288379: VCG, license, and source location
Jens> How about putting the DFSG/GPL-compatible source on Savanna (or
Jens> similar), so that there is a (new) canonical place to get VCG. Of
Jens> course, politely ask the original authors about their opinion
Jens> first.
Okay.
Ian> My indecision has only been reinforced by the thread below (which,
Ian> too, petered out in an ambiguous way):
>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/01/msg00297.html
Jens> That thread talks about possible problems with the Common Public
Jens> License (CPL). The conclusion seems to be that the CPL is OK.
Jens> Anyways, VCG is under GPL, so I fail to see the connection...?
The thread is about a particular package newly under CPL - graphviz.
graphviz can do many of the same things vcg can, and seems to be more
widely used. And, after seeing the vcg source, graphviz is probably
easier to maintain <grin>
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