Bug#617613: FreeCAD not in Testing

Anton Gladky gladky.anton at gmail.com
Sun Nov 13 21:08:34 UTC 2011


Francesco,

are your emails to Open CASCADE S.A.S. available somewhere in
ML-archives, or it was private mails?
Anton




On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Francesco Poli
<invernomuto at paranoici.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:40:48 -0500 Adam C Powell IV wrote:
>
>> I think we leave it there pending a decision by the project, which will
>> either allow it into testing or remove it from unstable.
>
> Please let me be clear and explicit on this: I would not be happy at
> all, if freecad were removed from Debian!
> That's why I have struggled for years and I am still struggling to
> solve this issue for the best (that is, by persuading Open CASCADE
> S.A.S. to re-license under the GNU LGPL v2.1).
>
> If nobody helps me, I am afraid that removal from Debian will have to
> be the only way out. But it would be a very sad way out.
> So, please, contact Open CASCADE S.A.S. and persuade them to switch to
> the GNU LGPL v2.1!
>
>>
>> No need to do anything else in the meantime.
>
> Apart from pestering Open CASCADE S.A.S. and have them make up their
> minds, that is!
>
>> I think we should continue
>> to develop the package, so it's in top shape in case the project
>> approves it, it's available to unstable users, and its updates flow to
>> Ubuntu users as well.
>
> I agree, but with
>
> s/the project approves it/we succeed in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S.
>                          to re-license under the GNU LGPL v2.1/
>
> I cannot stress it more than this: I need other people to contact Open
> CASCADE S.A.S. !
> We have to show them that really many people ask for this switch to the
> GNU LGPL v2.1 !
>
>
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