Bug#413156: ITP: libgeo-ip-perl -- Perl bindings for GeoIP library
Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> Nikita V. Youshchenko dijo [Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 12:17:08AM +0300]:
>> Package: wnpp
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Owner: "Nikita V. Youshchenko" <yoush@debian.org>
>>
>>
>> * Package name : libgeo-ip-perl
>> Version : 1.27-1
>> Upstream Author : MaxMind LLC
>> * URL : http://www.maxmind.com/
>> * License : GPL/Artistic
>
> How does this compare with libgeo-ipfree-perl we currently have in the
> archive? I guess maybe libgeo-ip-perl's license is (or was?) not
> GPL/Artistic? (maybe it requires non-free data)
>
> From libgeo-ipfree-perl's README:
>
> | Geo/IPfree version 0.2
> | ======================
> |
> | Look up country of IP Address. This module make this off-line and the
> | database of IPs is free.
> |
> | Take a look in CPAN for updates of the DB...
>
> This last line puzzles me a bit, specially as newest upstream version
> is four years old already.
Hi Gunnar and Nikita,
I think that libgeo-ip-perl code is GPL/Artistic but still depends on
non-free data, so libgeo-ip-perl should be maintained into contrib and
its data (libgeo-ip-perl-data ?!) if distributable should be maintained
into non-free.
It's still useful since some stuff in main can be enhanced by
libgeo-ip-perl and not by libgeo-ipfree-perl, probably identify these
softwares and work on them to use libgeo-ipfree-perl would be the best
mid-term solution though.
> BTW, I'm Cc:ing Gustavo, as README.Debian reads:
>
> | libgeo-ipfree-perl for Debian
> | -----------------------------
> |
> | It is a experimental package to be used only at RITS
> | (www.rits.org.br).
> |
> | Feel free to use outside, but don't report bugs to Debian bug tracking
> | system, contact the maintainer.
> |
> | -- Gustavo Franco <stratus@acm.org>, Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:09:12 -0300
>
> Given this package was shipped in Sarge: Gustavo, should it be removed
> from Etch? (it works fine for me, I have it installed and use it
> regularly) Maybe the licensing of the non-free database has changed?
>
Oh no, my failure Gunnar. This package was experimental for some time in
2004 and used only internally, since then it's ok and was ok when
shipped in Sarge. Feel free to remove that README.Debian and thanks for
contact me.
regards,
Gustavo Franco - <stratus@debian.org>
http://www.debian.org/vote/2007/platforms/stratus
http://stratusandtheswirl.blogspot.com
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