On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Karl Goetz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 11:39:34 +0100 > Philip Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Vincent Cheng > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Karl Goetz <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > >> Not sure if all the CCs are required, so preserving them. > > >> > > >> [...] > > >> Is there code distributed under the terms of license_dbghelp.txt in > > >> this package? It would appear to be non-dfsg compliant, so may > > >> cause you problems. > > > > > > To be honest, I don't know. The files that are licensed under the > > > terms of license_dbghelp.txt are in > > > source/lib/external_libraries/dbghelp.cpp, dbghelp.h, > > > dbghelp_funcs.h, but I'm not sure if they're used during the build. > > > Hmmm...I'll try re-building 0ad with those files removed from the > > > source tarball and see if the build still works. > > > - Vincent > > > > dbghelp is only used for Windows. > > I feel you still still be careful of the following: > > iii. Distribution Restrictions. You may not > [...] > * modify or distribute the source code of any Distributable Code so > that any part of it becomes subject to an Excluded License. An > Excluded License is one that requires, as a condition of use, > modification or distribution, that > * the code be disclosed or distributed in source code form; or > * others have the right to modify it. > > It may cause you issues outside debian too. > thanks, > kk > > -- > Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) > Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer > http://www.kgoetz.id.au > No, I won't join your social networking group > Since dbghelp isn't needed for 0 A.D. on Linux, would it be preferable if I simply strip the files affected by that license out of the source package? - Vincent
