Bug#710349: ITP: maple-package -- utility for creating Maple Debian packages
On 30.05.2013 08:09, Jerome Benoit wrote:
>
> This package itself will be a native Debian package (Section: contrib/misc)
> governed by GPL-2+, but the Maple software will have to be purchased by
> the final user and will obviously remain governed by the copyright holder
> (MapleSoft, namely Waterloo Maple Inc.). This package will simply help
> the final user to create her/his/its own Maple packages and it will be
> her/his/its responsability to use the resulting package responsibly.
>
please make it *very* clear that this is not maple in the description
and .desktop file (used by software-center).
These type of packages often seem to confuse novice users into thinking
this is the actual nonfree program.
See the equivalent matlab-support:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/matlab-support
(the installation failed bugs are from users without matlab, the
-support package fails dpkg in that case)
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