[pkg-xtuple-maintainers] Bug#942203: postbooks: fails to comply with the DFSG

[Andrej Shadura]

On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 11:00:41 +0200 "Francesco Poli (wintermute)"
<invernomuto at paranoici.org> wrote:
> Package: postbooks
> Version: 4.11.3-2
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 2.2.1
> 
> Dear xTuple Maintainers,
> I noticed that this package is in Debian main and is [released] under
> the terms of the Common Public Attribution License (CPAL).
> 
> [released]: <https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/p/postbooks/copyright-4.11.3-2>
> 
> However, software solely released under the terms of the CPAL [fails]
> to comply with the DFSG, as [discussed] in 2007 on the debian-legal
> mailing list.
> 
> [fails]: <https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses#Common_Public_Attribution_License>
> [discussed]: <https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/09/msg00165.html>
> 
> Please persuade the upstream copyright holders to switch to a
> clearly acceptable license, such as the GNU LGPL v2.1, for instance.
> 
> Otherwise, please move the package to the non-free archive, or remove
> it from Debian altogether.

This seems like the final nail in the coffin of Postbooks after the
upstream decided to no longer publish the source code:

https://xtuple.com/blog/ned/free-software

-- 
Cheers,
  Andrej