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Bug#819395: RFS: stormlib-listfiles/2015-04-20-1 [ITP]



PING!

On Tuesday 24 May 2016 10:51:59 Pali Rohár wrote:
> Hi! Now after month, any news regarding this package?
> 
> On Wednesday 27 April 2016 12:53:06 Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> > Hi Pali and mentors,
> > 
> > (redirecting the question to -mentors, because I don't have a
> > strong opinion on this)
> > 
> > >Looks like we do not have exact license text as those file "were
> > >generated" by brute-force methods by more people and put into
> > >public domain. People names (or nick names) are already included
> > >in copyright file. That is all what I know and cannot do more. If
> > >there are or there are not law problems it is probably question
> > >for other people...
> > 
> > there should be a verbatim copy of the license included in the
> > upstream tarball
> > 
> > look e.g. to
> > 
> > https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html
> > License II and III sections
> > 
> > 
> > so, either you have to document how the license is obtained, or how
> > to reproduce the files generation.
> > 
> > I know licenses are a waste of time for somebody (they were for me
> > when I started my contributions in Debian :p )...
> > but they are the best way to get your package rejected by
> > ftpmasters!
> > 
> > So, this point is really a showstopper for the inclusion in Debian
> > of the tool (BTW if you want to ask ftpmasters about their opinion
> > let me know their answer).
> > 
> > I would like to avoid uploading and get a reject, but I would
> > consider an upload with a ping to ftpmasters about this issue.
> > 
> > cheers,
> > 
> > Gianfranco
> > 
> > 
> > Il Martedì 26 Aprile 2016 23:07, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@gmail.com>
> > ha scritto:
> > 
> > On Thursday 21 April 2016 10:16:29 Pali Rohár wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 19 April 2016 08:36:49 Gianfranco Costamagna wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > >There is no more info about it just as it is public domain, no
> > > > >more license texts... What to write into paragraph then??
> > > > 
> > > > everything is a license, and public domain is a license too.
> > > > https://codesearch.debian.net/results/License:%20public-domain/
> > > > page _0
> > > > 
> > > > G.
> > > 
> > > Looks like we do not have exact license text as those file "were
> > > generated" by brute-force methods by more people and put into
> > > public domain. People names (or nick names) are already included
> > > in copyright file. That is all what I know and cannot do more.
> > > If there are or there are not law problems it is probably
> > > question for other people...
> > 
> > Gianfranco, what else needs to be done? I think I done everything
> > what I was able to do...

-- 
Pali Rohár
pali.rohar@gmail.com

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