Hello Bas, No no patches for fixing copyright. I got a new patch release from ossim 1.8.20-2
http://download.osgeo.org/ossim/source/ossim-1.8.20/ossim-1.8.20-2.tar.gz Would it help? On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Rashad Kanavath <mohammedrasha...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg < > sebas...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > >> On 14-12-15 11:37, Rashad Kanavath wrote: >> > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg < >> sebas...@xs4all.nl> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> On 14-12-15 10:47, Rashad Kanavath wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote: >> >>>> On 14-12-15 09:19, Rashad Kanavath wrote: >> >>>>> There are issue with embedded sources inside ossim >> >>>>> >> >>>>> GeoTrans >> >>>>> shapelib >> >>>>> matrix lib >> >>>>> >> >>>>> But in the debian/copyright file, I found notes explaining these >> stuff. >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >> >> http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-grass/ossim.git/tree/debian/copyright#n171 >> >>>> >> >>>> What are the issues with these embedded sources? >> >>>> >> >>>> shapelib is packaged, but the others are not. As long as their >> licensing >> >>>> is not problematic, they don't have to be excluded from a repacked >> >>>> upstream tarball. >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> Okay. This was a mistake on my side of being not clear. I was saying >> >>> embedded sources are not a good idea. I consider this an "issue". I >> have >> >>> asked them to allow use external geotrans instead of embedded sources. >> >>> >> >>> https://packages.debian.org/sid/utils/geotranz >> >> >> >> Embedded copies are an issue in general, but the severity depends on >> >> whether the code has license issues and if the Debian package is >> >> actually usable instead of the embedded copy. >> >> >> >> Rule of thumb: Using embedded copies for building the Debian package is >> >> strongly discouraged, if we have the software packaged that should be >> >> used instead. If the embedded code has license issues, it must be >> >> excluded from the repacked upstream tarball. >> >> >> >> The geotranz hasn't been updated since 2014-01-05, and seemingly only >> >> because it was NMUed before. We should talk to the maintainer about >> >> moving the package to the Debian GIS team where it can benefit from >> team >> >> maintenance. >> >> >> > >> > for ossim-1.8.20, I think we can stick to internal copy. the work on >> moving >> > geotrans is not completed. >> > >> > It started at the end of 1.8.20 release. Also if geotranz needs to be >> moved >> > to debiangis, I will stick to embedded sources. >> > >> > one more question regarding the inconsistency of licenses.. >> > >> > I can add an issue on bugtracker with a patch and then later include in >> > debian sources >> > >> > would it help ? >> >> If you don't wait for the fixed upstream release, the patch needs to be >> included in the Debian package at least too. FTP master may not be happy >> that the license view differs significantly between patches-applied and >> not. I'm not happy with that for license & copyright review either. >> >> Okay. then forget it. We wait for next ossim release. > > >> Is there an issue in the OSSIM tracker about the license inconsistency >> already? >> >> Not yet. I was going to add one if that helps with packaging. But from > what you said it is better to wait for next release. > > >> Kind Regards, >> >> Bas >> >> -- >> GPG Key ID: 4096R/6750F10AE88D4AF1 >> Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1 >> >> > > > -- > Regards, > Rashad > -- Regards, Rashad
