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and subject line Bug#518688: fixed in caret 5.6.1~dfsg.1-4
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regarding caret: debian/copyright file includes a confusing part
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Package: caret
Version: 5.6.1~dfsg.1-1
Severity: normal
Hi!
Thanks for packaging this interesting piece of software for Debian!
I took a look at the debian/copyright file and I am confused by the
"Files: caret_uniformize/*" section.
It says that those files are under the GNU GPL v2 or later,
which is fine, of course.
But then it quotes the following text:
This source code has been derived from parts of the AFNI package
(http://afni.nimh.nih.gov). The copyright statement refers to a
'README.copyright' file, which contains the licensing terms of AFNI. This
file is not available in the Caret source distribution, but only included in
the binary distribution as 'copyright.afni'. A verbatim copy is provided
here. Note, that it also contains the licenses of all third-party code
distributed with the AFNI package, but not within Caret.
and then goes on quoting this README.copyright file entirely, including
the full text of the GNU GPL v2 and of the OpenContent License v1.0
(that is http://opencontent.org/opl.shtml).
Well, I find this to be confusing and misleading.
First off, the full text of the GNU GPL v2 should not be included
in a debian/copyright file, since it may be found in
/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 (see Policy 12.5:
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s-copyrightfile)
Moreover, I would like to not see the OpenContent License v1.0 text
in the debian/copyright file of a package in main, since this license
does *not* meet the DFSG, as explained in:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/1999/03/msg00046.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/1999/03/msg00048.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/1999/11/msg00104.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/1999/11/msg00111.html
I understand that no file actually included in the caret package
is distributed under the non-free terms of the OpenContent License v1.0,
hence this does *not* seem to be a serious bug.
However, I think that including the full text of an extraneous license
in the debian/copyright file of a package is confusing and misleading.
I hope the debian/copyright file can be changed into a less
confusing form.
P.S.: the Homepage: field currently points to
http://brainmap.wustl.edu/caret, which basically 404s me...
I think the upstream homepage moved.
Maybe to http://brainvis.wustl.edu/wiki/index.php/Caret:About
I suggest updating the Homepage: field.
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Source: caret
Source-Version: 5.6.1~dfsg.1-4
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
caret, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
caret_5.6.1~dfsg.1-4.diff.gz
to pool/main/c/caret/caret_5.6.1~dfsg.1-4.diff.gz
caret_5.6.1~dfsg.1-4.dsc
to pool/main/c/caret/caret_5.6.1~dfsg.1-4.dsc
caret_5.6.1~dfsg.1-4_amd64.deb
to pool/main/c/caret/caret_5.6.1~dfsg.1-4_amd64.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Michael Hanke <[email protected]> (supplier of updated caret package)
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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:02:39 +0100
Source: caret
Binary: caret
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 5.6.1~dfsg.1-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Michael Hanke <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Michael Hanke <[email protected]>
Description:
caret - Computerized Anatomical Reconstruction and Editing Toolkit
Closes: 518688
Changes:
caret (5.6.1~dfsg.1-4) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Clarify copyright statement of the pieces of the Caret sources that have
been derived from AFNI, after checking with ftp-masters (Closes: #518688).
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