Bug#668076: reSIProcate packages RFS

[Daniel Pocock]

On 10/04/12 11:34, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 11:35:18AM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 09/04/12 10:41, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 09:07:49PM +0200, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I've recently filed an RFS for reSIProcate
>>>>
>>>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2012/04/msg00168.html
>>>
>>> I didn't yet try to build it, but at first glance the packaging looks
>>> good.
>>>
>>> One minor nit: The license is a 4-cluase BSD-like license. Is this
>>> intended to be a used as a library? Clause (3) from the license makes it
>>> *GPL incompatible. Any hope of fixing that?
>>
>> I believe you are referring to this clause:
>>
>>  "3. The names "VOCAL", "Vovida Open Communication Application Library",
>>      and "Vovida Open Communication Application Library (VOCAL)" must
>>      not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
>>      software without prior written permission. For written
>>      permission, please contact vocal at vovida.org."
> 
> Sorry, my mistake. I see that Clause (4) was added (regarding the usage
> of the name VOCAL). So no advertisement cluase there.
> 
>>
>> http://www.resiprocate.org/License
>>
>> Here is some background info about VOCAL:
>>
>>    http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/VOCAL
>>
>> I'm not sure if Vovida or VOCAL still exists in some formal sense, and
>> if so, I don't know whether the clause is still valid or even relevant
>>
>> reSIProcate broke away from SIPfoundry and some of the other projects
>> some years ago too, so it is quite independent
>>
>> Can you comment more on the relationship of this clause with the GPL?
>>
>> Does it just prevent linking with *GPL apps, or does it prevent
>> inclusion in Debian outright?  As it is now, could it go in contrib or
>> non-free rather than main?
> 
> Even if there were any issue with linking with GPL programs, this
> certianly wouldn't have kept it from main (see e.g. openssl and apache).
> 


There is a new release candidate, this includes many of the new 1.8
features now, detailed in emails on dev list:
http://list.resiprocate.org/archive/resiprocate-devel/msg08006.html
http://list.resiprocate.org/archive/resiprocate-devel/msg08008.html

I've tweaked the main binaries (repro and reTurn) to write PID files and
daemonize themselves, and the config files are now more UNIX friendly,
e.g. they support /etc/ssl/certs now

As it is a release candidate and not an official tarball, would you be
willing to act as a sponsor and upload it to experimental?

http://mentors.debian.net/package/resiprocate