[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#645487: ensembl: includes GPL code without source

[Andreas Tille]

Hi,

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 07:00:23PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> tags 645487 + pending
> quit
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In October, 2011, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> > ensembl's debian/README.source says:
> 
> > | Since Jalview is not yet part of Debian, its source code is also not
> > | yet available through or distribution. To better comply with the GPL,
> > | the source code of Ensembl also ships the sources for Jalview.
> [...]
> > Unfortunately no such file exists --- I guess it disappeared during
> > some upgrade.
> 
> This seems to be fixed in the packaging repo.  What is left to do
> before the updated package is uploaded?

The new package is not yet ready for an upload.

> Would you be terribly
> offended if I requested removal of the current package in the
> meantime,

Yes, we would be terribly offended and I explicitely do not want
you to request the removal.

> so we could continue to set a good example by not asking
> mirrors to violate the GPL?

As I layed out in the ug log I consider your view on this issue
as wrong and I do not agree - there is no point in overreacting
in this case.

Kind regards

      Andreas. 

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