[Python-modules-commits] r7276 - in packages/xlwt/trunk/debian (changelog copyright)

[jandd-guest at users.alioth.debian.org]

    Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 07:39:17
  Author: jandd-guest
Revision: 7276

clarify licensing of xlwt/Bitmap.py

Modified:
  packages/xlwt/trunk/debian/changelog
  packages/xlwt/trunk/debian/copyright

Modified: packages/xlwt/trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- packages/xlwt/trunk/debian/changelog	2009-01-05 22:11:07 UTC (rev 7275)
+++ packages/xlwt/trunk/debian/changelog	2009-01-06 07:39:17 UTC (rev 7276)
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 xlwt (0.7.0-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Initial release. (Closes: #510763)
-  * don't use the included antlr.py from upstream
+  * add permission by John McNamara (author of Perl::WriteExcel)
+  * remove antlr.py from upstream tarball and add dependency to antlr
+    package
 
- -- Jan Dittberner <jan at dittberner.info>  Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:48:50 +0100
+ -- Jan Dittberner <jan at dittberner.info>  Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:38:03 +0100

Modified: packages/xlwt/trunk/debian/copyright
===================================================================
--- packages/xlwt/trunk/debian/copyright	2009-01-05 22:11:07 UTC (rev 7275)
+++ packages/xlwt/trunk/debian/copyright	2009-01-06 07:39:17 UTC (rev 7276)
@@ -105,7 +105,105 @@
     Portions are Copyright (C) 2005 Roman V. Kiseliov
     Portions are Copyright (c) 2004 Evgeny Filatov <fufff at users.sourceforge.net>
     Portions are Copyright (c) 2002-2004 John McNamara (Perl Spreadsheet::WriteExcel)
+    
+    The following permission has been given by John McNamara:
 
+    Message-ID: <4e9cef090901051501s7ae57b7bqca3c5d9f1fd1b710 at mail.gmail.com>
+    Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:01:52 +0000
+    From: John McNamara <jmcnamara at cpan.org>
+    To: Mike O'Connor <stew at debian.org>
+    Subject: Re: [Python-modules-team] Xlwt/Pyexcelerator licensing
+        information needs to be clarified
+    Cc: Jan Dittberner <jan at dittberner.info>,
+        "Roman V. Kiseliov" <roman at kiseliov.ru>,
+        Stephen John Machin <sjmachin at lexicon.net>,
+        Debian Python Modules Team <python-modules-team at lists.alioth.debian.org>
+    In-Reply-To: <20090105222358.GI20814 at vireo.org>
+    References: <20090104220800.GA13959 at denkpolster.dittberner.home>
+        <20090104225008.GA18018 at denkpolster.dittberner.home>
+        <4e9cef090901041454u2e237146j909acd0088761620 at mail.gmail.com>
+        <20090105215320.GA13308 at denkpolster.dittberner.home>
+        <4e9cef090901051400x105dfef5l5f5ed6b1902ff480 at mail.gmail.com>
+        <20090105222358.GI20814 at vireo.org>
+    
+    On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Mike O'Connor <stew at debian.org> wrote:
+    
+    > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 10:00:06PM +0000, John McNamara wrote:
+    > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Jan Dittberner <jan at dittberner.info>
+    > wrote:
+    > >
+    > > > On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 10:54:25PM +0000, John McNamara wrote:
+    > > > >
+    > > > >
+    > > > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Jan Dittberner <jan at dittberner.info
+    > >
+    > > > wrote:
+    > > > >
+    > > > >     Bitmap.py contains a verbatim copy of a diagram and code from the
+    > > > Perl code
+    > > > >     and
+    > > > >     is subject to the terms of either the Artistic License, the GPL
+    > or
+    > > > both. I
+    > > > >     think only the author of Spreadsheet::WriteExcel may allow the
+    > > > distribution
+    > > > >     with your BSD licensed sources.
+    > > > >
+    > > > > As the author of Spreadsheet::WriteExcel you have my full permission
+    > to
+    > > > > distribute any derived code in Pyexcelerator under the BSD or any
+    > other
+    > > > > appropriate opensource license.
+    > > >
+    > > > Hi John,
+    > > >
+    > > > thanks for this permission.
+    > > >
+    > > > Is this permission granted only to us (Debian) and pyExelerator/xwlt or
+    > to
+    > > > everyone?
+    > > >
+    > > > Such a permission will be required to meet the criteria of the DFSG
+    > (Debian
+    > > > Free Software Guidelines) [1].
+    > > >
+    > > > [1] http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
+    > > >
+    > > >
+    > >
+    > > Hi Jan,
+    > >
+    > > Permission is granted to anyone participating in an open source
+    > initiative
+    > > and that certainly includes Debian and the others CC on this mail.
+    > > 
+    > > John.
+    > > --
+    > 
+    > John,
+    > 
+    > Thanks for your responsiveness.  I'm sorry, I'm sure it sounds like we
+    > are becoming annoying with this, however, if permission is only granted
+    > to people participating in an open source initiative, or only granted to
+    > debian, that isn't going to work for us in this case (Beceuase of
+    > sections 5,6,8 of the DFSG mentioned above).  What we'd really need
+    > would be permission for ANYONE to be able to distribute the software
+    > under these new license terms.
+    > 
+    
+    Hi,
+    
+    No problem, I understand that you have to be precise about these things.
+    
+    In which case I grant permission to *anyone* to use the code derived from
+    Spreadsheet::WriteExcel.
+    
+    If that isn't sufficient then just agree a wording that you would all be
+    happy with and I will give my blessing to it.
+    
+    John.
+    --
+
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