Hi,
Ok, I add in CC bug 902633.
So basically we have been waiting for 6 months to package a new release
of php-mode because we have not obtained the copyright for the following
lines in the changelog:
php-elisp (1.5.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release (Closes: #368061, #291207)
* New maintainer (Closes: #525947)
* debian/control:
+ bumped Standards-Version to 3.8.4
+ added ${misc:Depends} in Depends
+ updated Depends to emacs23 | emacs22 | emacsen
+ updated Suggests to php5 | php5-cli
+ updated Section to lisp
+ added in Recommends field speedbar (Closes: #500120)
+ used debhelper 7
+ added Homepage field
+ added texi2html in Build-Depends to generate manual (Closes: #476197)
* debian/rules:
+ removed emacs21 references (Closes: #269650)
+ used binary-indep instead of binary-arch target
* debian/copyright
+ added copyright notice
* Added compat, docs, watch files
* switched to dpkg-source 3.0 (quilt) format
-- Thierry Randrianiriana <thie...@debian.org> Sun, 09 May 2010
09:00:55 +0300
As for the other 14 lines (I do see which lines you mention here,
perhaps only directory paths in *.dir files?), this means that any
program with the following code has already 7 copyrighted lines:
// Hello world program
#include <stdio.h>
int main (int argc, char *argc) {
printf ("Hello world!");
return 0;
}
Perhaps I am wrong, but, to me, all this seems overstated.
Best regards,
Eugen
On 02/02/2019 00:54, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
Hi Eugen,
For future reference, correspondences like this are supposed to be on
the Debian BTS. Reply follows inline.
On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 07:58:42PM +0100, Eugen Dedu wrote:
Hi Nicholas,
On 26/01/2019 21:56, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
Hi Eugen,
On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 08:16:35PM +0100, Eugen Dedu wrote:
On 13/01/2019 09:58, Eugen Dedu wrote:
On 13/01/2019 04:04, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
Hi Eugen,
On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 01:59:56PM +0100, Eugen Dedu wrote:
Hi Nicholas,
Have you succeeded in packaging the new php-mode ? It is a matter of
copy-paste from the other package (yasm... ?)
Regards,
--
Eugen
Yes, I completed the packaging some time ago (ready to upload since 23
jul 2018). I am still waiting for #903092 permission to relicense
debian/* contributions to GPL-3+ from Thierry Randrianiriana and
Pontus Ullgren.
Since we're almost into the soft-freeze I'll have to ask about the
best way to proceed; it may be that confirmation from those two
contributors are not needed; it may be that uploading a NEW
src:php-mode instead of src:php-elisp would be best; alternatively,
we're stuck with the old copyright format forever with undefined
licensing for debian/*
Well, could you contact hem again and explain that it is a matter of
licence? It would be silly to have a package ready since 6 months ago
and not to be added to debian because of a simple answer of GPL
licensing. If you wish, you can add me in CC of the e-mail, I will help
towards a fast solution.
Please do not, people who leave Debian often feel harassed by this.
I misinterpreted your previous e-mail, I thought you wait for debian
technical committee... (!)
No worries! I didn't think it was a severe enough issue to escalate
to the TC...maybe debian-legal will recommend this action though (see
#903092).
Anyway, perhaps I am wrong, but I do not see what debian/* file do you carry
from the current package when you upload the new version of php-mode. As
far as I see, you can use what you have written for yaml-mode :
https://sources.debian.org/src/yaml-mode/0.0.13-1/debian/. The debian
directory of this latter package has an almost empty rules file, and the
control file cannot surely be copy protected.
22 lines from d/changelog, plus at least 14L from various other
places. I'm believe he's still over the 25L limit (GNU standard) for
non-copyrightable contributions.
Otherwise said, you need relicensing from previous packagers if you still
use their contributions or files, but there will be none, since the new
debian/ directory will be almost empty, and without any contributions or
file from them! What is Thierry's contribution you will use in the new
package?
I might be missing something here, but I do not see what.
See above. I am not a lawyer and do not know whether these
contributions are sufficiently original to be considered
copyrightable.
Any news, Nicholas? If you do not do anything, nothing will happen...
I contacted the MIA team to find out if there was a reasonable
expectation of hearing back from Thierry before the mid-Feb freeze.
He's very much MIA, and it is probable we won't hear from him.
Because it is necessary to have all contributors consent, we cannot
move to machine-readable copyright at this time.
Knowing this, I am proceeding with some minor updates to the packaging
and plan to upload this week.
Ok, thank you!
You're welcome! By the way, unlike most people I appreciate the
follow-ups/reminders to finish work on something ;-)
Cordially,
Nicholas
