[Debian-med-packaging] Fwd: Re: [j.johnson at imb.uq.edu.au: Re: Installation of binary tools inside MEME]

Thu Feb 28 01:05:27 UTC 2013

David,

I assume the most important thing is that the copyright and "for 
non-profit use only"
warning is included in the Debian repackaging.  If those are preserved, 
I'm happy.

Cheers,

Tim
On 28/02/13 2:07 AM, Gibbons, David wrote:
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> Hi Tim,
>
> My only concern would be that we not create any conflict with the 
> arrangement we have between the University of Washington, UC San Diego 
> and the University of Queensland regarding The Meme Suite.  The 
> technical compatibilities of the various versions are outside of my 
> scope, but as long as we are not deviating from the agreement between 
> our institutions, I have no issues with the request.
>
>
> Thanks for copying me.
>
> Dave
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> *From:*Timothy Bailey [mailto:t.bailey at imb.uq.edu.au]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 27, 2013 12:13 AM
> *To:* James Johnson
> *Cc:* Gibbons, David; Martin Frith; MEME Support; Debian Med Packaging 
> Team
> *Subject:* Re: Fwd: Re: [j.johnson at imb.uq.edu.au: Re: Installation of 
> binary tools inside MEME]
>
> James,
>
> On 18/02/13 11:51 AM, James Johnson wrote:
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>     Hi Tim, Dave,
>
>     The Debian Med Packaging Team want to know if they can backport
>     GLAM2 improvements (presuming there are any?) in the MEME Suite to
>     the more permissively licensed GLAM2 repository?
>
> I have no problems with this as long as they do the work.
>
> However, that will mean that the Debian version of Glam2 differs from 
> the "standalone" version
> Martin created.  It will match the "MEME Suite" version, though.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>
>
> ~James
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>
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> Re: [j.johnson at imb.uq.edu.au <mailto:j.johnson at imb.uq.edu.au>: Re: 
> Installation of binary tools inside MEME]
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> Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:04:58 +0000
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> *From: *
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> Tim Booth <avarus at fastmail.fm> <mailto:avarus at fastmail.fm>
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> Andreas Tille <andreas at fam-tille.de> <mailto:andreas at fam-tille.de>
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> Debian Med Packaging Team 
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> <mailto:debian-med-packaging at lists.alioth.debian.org>, James Johnson 
> <j.johnson at imb.uq.edu.au> <mailto:j.johnson at imb.uq.edu.au>
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> Hi,
>   
> > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 06:08:08PM +0000, Tim Booth wrote:
> > > Yes, I did start looking at Meme but quickly realised it was a lot more
> > > work than I thought to do a proper job on it.  I think all I wanted to
> > > do in the first instance was to get an updated glam2 binary package
> > > based upon the improved glam2 source within the meme code.  I guess this
> > > is now the definitive glam2 as the original standalone source hasn't
> > > been updated since 2008.
> >
> > We might try to do some comparison.  Charles previously mentioned that
> > we should keep the glam2 package from Debian which is free (PD) and meme
> > currently has a non-free license (according to DFSG).  So if glam2 inside
> > meme is basically unchanged it might be reasonable to ignore the code
> > inside meme (or asking upstream for permission to backport the changes.)
>   
> A quick "diff" across the original glam2 vs. the meme glam2 suggests
> that several new options have been added for meme - see
> src/glam2_args.c.
>   
> I would imagine that scripts within meme rely on these options.  In
> fact, a quick grepping shows that scripts/glam2_webservice.pl.in calls
> "glam2 -M" which is an option added for meme.  I've not looked for other
> examples.
>   
> I hope that upstream can at least be persuaded to put their changes to
> glam2 under a free license like the original glam2.  They may not be
> legally bound to do so but it would be highly disingenuous  of them to
> refuse.
>   
> Cheers,
>   
> TIM
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