Oh ok i see what you are saying. I dont know the policy on that and i did not put that .png into the application so i cannot state where the .svg is. I am looking into proper procedures for packaging.
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Jonathan Marsden <[email protected]>wrote: > On 12/21/2011 02:30 PM, Matthew Byers wrote: > > > I have not had any issues building. Packaging a new source > > clicompanion_1.1 and release should be good to go. > > > Maybe I wasn't sufficiently clear. I think you missed my point about > the .png files :) It's not just about whether the application builds > correctly, or runs correctly, but whether the way it builds, and its > apparent use of non-source files in the source tree, is acceptable from > a GPL point of view. I suspect it is, as long as the source file is > also present -- but it would be a lot cleaner if the build actually > built the graphics files it needs from the source .svg graphic file, so > the source tree would not need to contain the .png files, which are not > "really" source files at all. > > The source .svg file for the icon *is* in the clicompanion source tree, > isn't it? When I do > > bzr branch lp:clicompanion > > I do not see it in the resulting tree, for some reason. If it is truly > missing, then I think that is technically a GPL violation which needs to > be fixed before application release. I *thought* adding the .svg file > had already been done, though, so I might just be confused...? > > I think the 1.1 application release is "good to go" at a technical > level, but may not quite be ready from a legal copyright/licencing > viewpoint. How picky we need to be on this is not my decision to make. > > Speaking of graphics files, did the graphics creator eventually get > himself a new GPG key and sign us an email saying that his work is > released under GPLv3 in the standard way? That's not needed for > application release, IMO, but it would be pretty useful (and maybe > necessary) for Debian packaging. And including that email in the source > tarball would be nice, if we can. > > SUMMARY: > > My suggestions for remaining work items at this point, before a > clicompanion 1.1 source release, would be: > > (1) Add the icon .svg file to the source tree, if it is not there now > > (2) Preferably, fix the build process to use it, and remove the .png > files from the source tree > > (3) If available, add signed email from the icon creator to source tree > > Jonathan > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~clicompanion-devs > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~clicompanion-devs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- God Bless
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