Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : xul-ext-download-manager-s3 Version : 3.10 Upstream Author : Oleksandr (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/gronar/) * URL : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/s3download-statusbar/ * License : MPL2 Programming Lang: JavaScript, XUL Description : download management statusbar for iceweasel
It should be noted that this (at least some parts of the status bar itself) look similar to the add-on "Download Statusbar" (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-statusbar/), which has already been part of Debian previously: https://packages.debian.org/squeeze/xul-ext-downloadstatusbar and seems no longer maintainer upstream (and not even working in current versions of FF). That other add-on, was removed on my request as the license was changed to a proprietary one (see bug #660699). And when I asked the new owning user at add-ons Mozilla, he claimed that releasing it previously under some free (IIRC, MPL) license was a mistake and whatsoever... So the add-on I'm writing an RFP here, *may* have a license issue. OTOH, it may also just look similar to the other add-on (I haven't compared the code). And even it it would actually be based on the other add-on (the add-on page says "This is a new life in Firefox 26+ for old well-known addon Download Statusbar"), it's highly questionable whether the owning user of that can simply say "no, that was never really released under a free license", because it *was*,... and if these guys were too stupid to select the correct license, well then it's their fault. So I personally would think that it's absolutely fine to package the download-manager-s3 add-on, and that we can believe in it's license being okay. But I'm not legal expert, and in doubt debian-legal should be asked. Cheers, Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150503014234.12208.33610.report...@heisenberg.scientia.net