Bug#741131: Fwd: Bug#741131: nonfree file in source

Δημήτρης Ευταξιόπουλος eftaxi12 at otenet.gr
Tue Mar 11 02:31:36 UTC 2014


Hello Alexey,
I would suggest option (1) i.e replace the file with its source(s).
For the version 2.2.2 package I intend to create a patch and remove 
json/sylvester.js from the source.

Best regards
Dimitris


Στις Τρι 11 Μαρ 2014 05:49:09 γράψατε:
> As continuation of previous e-mail.
> 
> 4. You can just omit "json" folder when you create source package. Nothing
> depend on it (except 1 line in CmakeLists.txt).
> 
> 
> 2014-03-11 5:44 GMT+04:00 mathgl.abalakin at gmail.com <
> 
> mathgl.abalakin at gmail.com>:
> > So, the question is: what I should do?
> > 1. Should I replace this file by "source" javascript file(s)?
> > 2. Or I can just add a link to the place where sources are located?
> > 3. Or I can keep everything as is? -- because "json" folder is just the
> > sample for JSON usage, and I never plan to install it. In fact I can move
> > "json" folder to "examples" one.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 2014-03-11 2:01 GMT+04:00 Sébastien Villemot <sebastien at debian.org>:
> > 
> > Dear Alexey,
> > 
> >> Le dimanche 09 mars 2014 à 21:14 +0400, Alexey Balakin a écrit :
> >> > it is source file itself, distributed under MIT license (see
> >> > http://sylvester.jcoglan.com/)
> >> 
> >> json/sylvester.js is a minified javascript file. It is not source code
> >> because it is not the preferred form of modification. The source code is
> >> the javascript file that was used to create the minified one.
> >> 
> >> Best,
> >> 
> >> > On 09.03.2014 21:06, Δημήτρης Ευταξιόπουλος wrote:
> >> > > Hello Alexey,
> >> > > could you please remove json/sylvester.js during a future SVN update
> >> 
> >> since I
> >> 
> >> > > received the attached RC bug for mathgl in Debian.
> >> 
> >> --
> >> 
> >>  .''`.    Sébastien Villemot
> >>  
> >> : :' :    Debian Developer
> >> 
> >> `. `'     http://www.dynare.org/sebastien
> >> 
> >>   `-      GPG Key: 4096R/381A7594
> > 
> > --
> > Kind regards,
> > Prof. Alexey Balakin



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