Bug#354899: [Portaudio] Re: portaudio in Debian, license updates?

[Junichi Uekawa]

Hi,

> > I've opened bugs now, I don't know if it hasn't happened before.
> > Please Cc' the respective bugs so that we know it's fixed either way.
> > 
> > The possible options that I see are:
> > 
> > 1. audacity/portaudio are removed from Debian
> > 
> > 2. license text is modified so that it clarifies that the 'request' is
> >    a non-binding request which is optional and not a mandatory section.
> 
> I'm confused.  d-legal came to the conclusion, as far as I can tell, that
> this isn't a problem; that it would be nice to move it out of the license
> (wishlist), or to note redundantly on their webpage that this is a request
> (also wishlist), but this is unambiguously a non-binding request already;
> it uses the very word "request".  Why are you opening bugs?

License text does not explain that it is a 'wishlist'; the term
'request' can be binding or non-binding depending on interpretation,
and is not a good word to use without defining the scope. That is
where the non-clarity lies.  

I'd like to see the license text itself updated, rather than the
website adding some clarification outside of Debian archive.


regards,
	junichi
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