severity 678746 normal retitle 678746 debian/copyright is worded poorly tags 678746 + pending thanks
On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 07:03:01PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > reopen 678746 > thanks > > > On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:43:12 +0200 Julien Cristau wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 07:34:50 -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: > > > > > > The major issue seems to be that the Joy plymouth theme mixes parts > > > > released under CC-by-sa-v3.0 and parts released under GPLv2+. > > > > Since CC-by-sa-v3.0 is incompatible with GPLv2+, I would say that the > > > > resulting work is legally undistributable. > > > > > > This *might* be true if it was two bits of code that get linked > > > together, but since Plymouth (and the plugin, which is GPLv2) only > > > render the CC-BY-SA 3.0 work, it should be fine. > > > > > Quite. Closing. > > Please, let's keep this bug report open until each part of it gets > fixed. > > First of all, there is still the issue with the missing acknowledgment > that the Joy theme is based on the Debian “Open Use” (without “Debian” > word) logo: Paul Tagliamonte has stated that he'll fix this part > tonight. Already fixed in svn :) > > Then there's the clarification of the debian/copyright file, which is > also still to be done. Fixed the plymouth issue. > But it already seems that this will have to be done differently, since > the upstream author of the Joy theme (Adrien Aubourg) has just stated > that he'll soon re-license his theme under the GPL. I hate the idea of licensing images under GPL, even though we do have the "preferred form of the work for making modifications to it". This is another flame-war I won't open, but I hate the idea of non-software under a software license. This is all moot, since He said he'd relicense it, so if he does, I'll reflect that. If not, I have no problems keeping a DFSG free license in this package. > > > Hence I think the debian/copyright file needs some modifications, before > this bug report may be closed... It's sitting in svn. I'm waiting for some more patches before I upload. AFAICT the legal issue is fine, even if the copyright is poorly phrased, which I admit it is. I'll wait for the last changes to trickle in and fix this in the archive. > > > -- > http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt > New GnuPG key, see the transition document! > ..................................................... Francesco Poli . > GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE Thanks again, Paul
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