Comments regarding pd-arraysize_0.1-1_amd64.changes

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 08:12:06AM -0300, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 07:57, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 11:21:54AM +0100, Roman Haefeli wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 2010-11-07 at 14:00 -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, expr is GPL and arraysize is public domain, so some 
>>>> people will use arraysize for that reason (i.e. a proprietary app 
>>>> based on Pd like rjdj).
>>>
>>> Good point.
>>
>> Maybe so for upstream development, but irrelevant for Debian 
>> packaging, I believe.
>
>The decision of wether to package or not a piece of software certainly 
>must consider the license available. Note that making software 
>proprietary is not the only reason to avoid GPLed dependencies.

Please elaborate.

Also, "public domain" is not a license - so how would you imagine Debian 
should (re)distribute such code if not by "infesting" it with some more 
restrictive license than none?


  - Jonas

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