Bug#511715: ITP: gallery3 -- web-based photo album written in PHP
Marc Dequènes (Duck) wrote:
> You're not the only DD having hit a license problem, and if every
> (if not all) DD had created a personal repository for each package
> causing problem, there would be no central repository at all. Do you
> intend to support sid, testing, stable, and security up to
> old-stable by yourself in the long run? Do you really think this
> situation is sustainable?
No, the situation isn't sustainable. The Gallery project has no free
time to help fix the license issue. A call for assistance was made to
the gallery-devel mailing list and no one stepped up to take up the
task.
> Now that you have tell upstream that it is not necessary, do you
> think anyone of them will help you solve the licensing problem? You
> also forgot about the trust and security problem caused by adding
> any apt key like explained in your installation procedure[1]. What
> would happen if your GPG key is compromised?
>
> If you want to help Debian and your users you'll have to clean this
> up and make up a decision. If the source code of the SWF apps cannot
> be provided, then i think you could provide a package with such
> files removed and the corresponding features deactivated. If you
> also want to care about the lost features, and if these files are
> _really_ allowed to be distributed at all, then you may package them
> separately in a non-free package which would enhance the free one
> (and provide a helper script of some sort to activate the feature if
> needed).
>
> Please do not consider this mail an offensive one. I just think you
> made a mistake and i wanted to explain my point of view. I also
> think you should perfectly be able to improve the situation. Don't
> forget you may also ask your fellow developers for opinions and/or
> help on the MLs.
I haven't taken offence. I've removed SWF files from previous Gallery
versions since they weren't key to the functionality of the software. I
haven't yet had time to determine whether the SWF files can be removed
from Gallery 3 in a similar manner. I'll test that out and ask for
further assistance if needed.
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