On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 04:17:34PM +0200, Karsten Merker wrote: > You write "License: GPL-3", but according to the description, > this is only a downloader script that downloads a precompiled > binary from somewhere else. Under which license is the actual > application code available? Why isn't the actual application > packaged for Debian instead? > The sogoupinyin itself is licensed non-free. But the package is a installer which is licensed under GPL-3. And this package will not be included in main section, contrib instead. I admits that the url in this ITP is some misleading. This installer script is available at https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-ime/sogoupinyin-installer.git > What does "is backed with search engine technology" mean in > detail? Does the application send all user input to an online > service to to do the actual transliteration work? If yes, I > would consider that unsuitable for an inclusion into Debian > on privacy grounds. Yes, people will be promoted by debconf to accept a license which indicates this privacy concerns during preinst stage. Thanks, Shengjing Zhu
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