[DRE-maint] Distributability of Ruby's PDF::Writer

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On 30/11/07 at 11:57 -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> Hi, debian-legal
> 
> I'm basically done packaging the Ruby PDF::Writer [1] (as
> libpdf-writer-ruby; ITP #442087). While the module itself is under an
> MIT license, it includes quite a bit of different licenses in its
> material. Please refer to the debian/copyright file of my
> work-in-progress packaging [2].

Hi Gunnar,

I'm replying on pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers@ to this mail on -legal at . I
didn't notice earlier that you were packaging PDF::Writer.

Have you contacted the upstream author of PDF::Writer about packaging
his lib in Debian? Austin Ziegler is a real asshole (and I mean it). He
has been spreading FUD about Debian on all the threads about packaging
or rubygems on ruby-core@ and ruby-talk@, turning them into useless
flamewars. Amongst other things, he recommends Debian users to install
ruby from source on those ruby mailing lists, because ruby is so
fucked up on Debian. (according to him, of course)

Beware that if you package PDF::Writer, he will probably be totally
uncooperative, and use every change needed in the package as an example
of Debian's stupidity/evilness/whatever.

I know that "our priority is our users", but I just prefer to let you
know what you will probably be facing :-)
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