[Debian-med-packaging] Comments regarding pixelmed_20130426-1_amd64.changes

Paul Tagliamonte paultag at debian.org
Thu Jul 18 13:19:46 UTC 2013


On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:36:58AM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Paul Tagliamonte <paultag at debian.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:05:28PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> >> Paul,
> >>
> >>   Could you please clarify why this is an issue ?
> >
> > It's not, really. That's why this is a PROD rather than a REJECT :)
> >
> > In fact, some F/OSS Licenses usually contain such a string. The issue,
> > as Russ pointed out, is that they took the time to put a license header
> > on each file, but failed to clarify the terms; which makes me wonder if
> > it was a mistake (or so on).
> >
> > Since I'm *not* sure, and this may not be a problem I've PROD'd you to
> > check with upstream, to ensure that this is licensed under the terms
> > you've put in the d/copyright. Is that so?
> 
> I have checked with upstream, I am waiting on there answer. I am 100%
> sure this was a mistake.

OK.

> 
> >>   All I could find is:
> >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/03/msg00230.html
> >> -> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/10/msg00198.html
> >>
> >> Thanks much for the clarification !
> >
> > No problemo!
> >
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 2:52 AM, Paul Richards Tagliamonte
> >> <ftpmaster at ftp-master.debian.org> wrote:
> >> > Hello, Maintainer,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Could you please verify the folowing files are under the license noted
> >> > in the copyright, please?
> >> >
> >> >   o com/pixelmed/web/package.html is "Copyright all rights reserved"
> >> >      + favicon.ill - copyright adobie systems, all rights reserved
> >
> > btw; since I saw the mentors thread; this was a string I saw, again,
> > just asking you to ensure this *is* free and clear to distribute.
> 
> I am pretty sure this is not. As per thread on debian-mentors at . But
> cannot be solved ATM:
> 
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=717228
> 
> Would it be possible to accept the package as-is, to help the java7
> migration. Meanwhile I'll fill in a bug report as per explanation:

Done. Thanks for your attention!

> 
> http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/type1nondfsg
> 
> Regards,

Cheers,
  Paul

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