qgis_2.8.1-1~exp1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

Hi Thorsten,

Thanks for taking the time to review QGIS.

I shared the issues you raised with the QGIS developers on their list, see:

http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2015-February/036961.html

My immediate comments follow below.

On 02/28/2015 05:00 PM, Thorsten Alteholz wrote:
> unfortunately I have to reject your package.
> 
> In your debian/copyright you have the following entry:
>  Files: src/core/pal/*
>  Copyright: 2008, Maxence Laurent, MIS-TIC, HEIG-VD
>  License: GPL-3+
> (strictly speaking this is not true as costcalculator.cpp and costcalculator.h 
>  are GPL-2+)
>
> you also have:
>  Files: src/plugins/dxf2shp_converter/getInsertions.h
>  Copyright: Christopher Michaelis
>  License: GPL-2
>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
>  Files: src/plugins/dxf2shp_converter/getInsertions.cpp
>  Copyright: Christopher Michaelis
>  License: GPL-2+ 
> The second license header of getInsertions.cpp states it is GPLv2 only, so the 
> whole thing seems to be licensed under GPLv2.
> 
> Unfortunately you can not mix GPLv2 and GPLv3 software.
> 
> Further you have 
>  Files: src/plugins/dxf2shp_converter/dxflib/src/*
>  Copyright: 2001-2003, RibbonSoft
>                  2001, Robert J. Campbell Jr
>  License: GPL-2 or dxflib-Commercial-License
> which doesn't fit either.

Excluding the dxf2shp_converter plugin in a repacked upstream tarball is
probably the best short term solution on the Debian side. This should
allow the combined work to fall under the GPL-3+.

> License: ElvenSword says:
>  * Do not Rip/Merge with other artists work. Example: All in one
>    gradients by Merger/Ripper Nickname) for download/sell
> This is non-free and aren't you doing this with all the other stuff in 
> resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/*?
> 
> So I am afraid, there needs to be a new revision of this software.

The cpt-city gradients collection included in QGIS states in its
README.txt that copyright belong to the respective gradient authors.

To quote resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/README.txt:

"
 This package contains the gradients from the cpt-city
 collection. The archive's home is online at

   http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/

 where the most recent version can be found.

 The copyright of the gradient files is held by their
 authors, and details of these can be found in the
 COPYING.xml files.
"

The QGIS specific README repeats this.

To quote resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/README-qgis.txt:

"
 This package contains a selection of the cpt-city gradients for use by
 the QGIS application.

 The gradients files chosen allow for redistribution and free use,
 subject to individual license information found in the COPYING.xml
 files.
"

Since the cpt-city collection doesn't claim to be by a different author,
the "Do not Rip/Merge with other artists work." clause doesn't seem
applicable. The example describes a collection of gradients claiming to
be by a different author than the ones included.

Do you think this an acceptable interpretation of the ElvenSword license
terms?

Kind Regards,

Bas

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