[debian-mysql] mariadb-connector-c_2.2.2-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Scott Kitterman]

On Monday, March 14, 2016 07:22:09 AM Otto Kekäläinen wrote:
> Hello Scott!
> 
> It's not "no license" but public domain. Please note line: " I have
> decided to simply make it public domain to further its unrestricted
> use."

Two different files.  libmariadb/dbug.c is the one you are referring to.  
cmake/FindIconv.cmake is the one with no license, which means it isn't 
distributable as is. 

> The package is already in Debian with the name "mariadb-client-lgpl"
> (this upload is a rename designed by Daniel Schepler). If you think
> the upstream package is not Free Software and does not comply with the
> DFSG you should remove that package too. (But I of course hope you
> reconsider.)

You didn't mention in your request this was a source package rename.  In this 
case, the lack of a copyright license for cmake/FindIconv.cmake is a serious 
bug, but accepting the new package wouldn't make the archive less free, so I 
would not have rejected just on that.

If you re-upload it with the other debian/copyright issues fixed, I won't 
reject because of just that.  I will, however, file a serious bug, so you'll 
have to deal with it eventually.  I would encourage you to determine the 
license of cmake/FindIconv.cmake and appropriately document the license as 
well.  This should be coordinated with your upstream.  Google has many copies 
of this code with licensing information intact, so this shouldn't be too 
difficult.

Scott K

> 2016-03-14 2:00 GMT+02:00 Scott Kitterman <ftpmaster at ftp-master.debian.org>:
> > Unfortunately I need to reject your package due to incomplete
> > debian/copyright and in one case a file that is not licensed (i.e.
> > non-free) so the tarball is not distributable as is:
> > 
> > cmake/FindIconv.cmake:
> > 
> > #  Copyright (c) 2010 Michael Bell <michael.bell at web.de>
> > 
> > No license.
> > 
> > Licensing statement not in debian/copyright:
> > 
> > libmariadb/dbug.c:
> >  *                                 N O T I C E                            
> >     * *                                                                  
> >           * *                    Copyright Abandoned, 1987, Fred Fish    
> >                 * *                                                      
> >                       * *                                                
> >                             * *      This previously copyrighted work has
> >  been placed into the  public     * *      domain  by  the  author  and 
> >  may be freely used for any purpose,     * *      private or commercial. 
> >                                                * *                       
> >                                                      * *      Because of
> >  the number of inquiries I was receiving about the  use     * *      of
> >  this product in commercially developed works I have decided to     * *  
> >     simply make it public domain to further its unrestricted use.   I    
> >  * *      specifically  would  be  most happy to see this material become
> >  a     * *      part of the standard Unix distributions by AT&T and the 
> >  Berkeley     * *      Computer  Science  Research Group, and a standard
> >  part of the GNU     * *      system from the Free Software Foundation.  
> >                            * *                                           
> >                                  * *      I would appreciate it, as a
> >  courtesy, if this notice is  left  in     * *      all copies and
> >  derivative works.  Thank you.                          * *              
> >                                                               * *     
> >  The author makes no warranty of any kind  with  respect  to  this     *
> >  *      product  and  explicitly disclaims any implied warranties of mer-
> >      * *      chantability or fitness for any particular purpose.        
> >            *> 
> > These additional files are LGPL-2+, but their copyright holder is not
> > listed in debian/copyright:
> > 
> > cmake/install.cmake:
> > 
> > #   Copyright (C) 2014 MariaDB Corporation Ab
> > #
> > #   This library is free software#; you can redistribute it and/or
> > #   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
> > #   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> > #   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > 
> > include/mysql_async.h:
> > 
> > /* Copyright (C) 2012 MariaDB Services and Kristian Nielsen
> > 
> >                  2015 MariaDB Corporation
> >    
> >    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> >    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
> >    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> >    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > 
> > libmariadb/mysql_async.c:
> > 
> > /* Copyright (C) 2012 MariaDB Services and Kristian Nielsen
> > 
> >                  2015 MariaDB Corporation
> >    
> >    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> >    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
> >    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> >    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > 
> > plugins/auth/mariadb_cleartext.c:
> >    Copyright (C) 2014 MariaDB Corporation AB
> >    
> >    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> >    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
> >    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> >    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > 
> > plugins/auth/dialog.c:
> >    Copyright (C) 2014 MariaDB Corporation AB
> >    
> >    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> >    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
> >    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> >    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > 
> > Scott K
> > 
> > ===
> > 
> > Please feel free to respond to this email if you don't understand why
> > your files were rejected, or if you upload new files which address our
> > concerns.