[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted

[Ole Tange]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 5:06 AM Sam Hartman <hartmans at debian.org> wrote:
:
> This seems clearly within the power Debian grants individual maintainers
> to either keep the citation notice or to remove it.

I hope my stance is clear:

I want to have an income from developing free software. The citation
notice indirectly gives me that. If you want to take away this without
paying me in a different way, I can only see that as an active hostile
action: You are threatening my livelihood.

Having GNU Parallel moved to non-free or not being distributed by
Debian at all is preferable to having my livelihood attacked.

Remember: I am not the enemy - I am the reason you have something to
package in the first place; so please don't behave like a dick - even
if what you intend to do might technically be legal.

I will be happy to work with anyone who understands this stance and
who wants to work to find a solution that everyone can accept. And
given I just want the citation notice shown to people who write
scientific articles, I really think we can find such a solution.


/Ole