Bug#714836: Any news on the qucs package?

[José Luis Redrejo Rodríguez <jredrejo@debian.org>]

2015-02-21 12:46 GMT+01:00 Ruben Undheim <ruben.undheim@gmail.com>:

Hi,

> I've just uploaded it to the archive

I just saw this was written in October. As far as I can see, Qucs is
not available in the Debian repository now. Is there anything holding
it up?

Yes, the sources contain some files which license is not acceptable by Debian ftpmaster, so it has been rejected.

 

Which archive did you upload it too?

I can see that there is a well maintained PPA for Ubuntu with packages
in good state here:
https://launchpad.net/~fransschreuder1/+archive/ubuntu/qucs

Is there any reason why this package cannot enter Debian sid also
soon. I'm impressed of how well Qucs has become.

Yes, it is not a pure technical question. The package was ready, working and lintian clean.

It 's a licensing problem. There are a bunch of files (mainly models) with non-free licenses. I'm trying to clean them all, but qucs funcionality are being reduced.

I'm trying to find a replacement to keep it all working.

Of course, the ppa package you say it's still worse in terms of licensing. I had already removed the files I was sure that were not free, but ftpmasters found some others.

Regards

José L.

 

Best regards,
Ruben