Hi Thorsten, Thanks for taking the time to review QGIS.
I shared the issues you raised with the QGIS developers on their list, see: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-developer/2015-February/036961.html My immediate comments follow below. On 02/28/2015 05:00 PM, Thorsten Alteholz wrote: > unfortunately I have to reject your package. > > In your debian/copyright you have the following entry: > Files: src/core/pal/* > Copyright: 2008, Maxence Laurent, MIS-TIC, HEIG-VD > License: GPL-3+ > (strictly speaking this is not true as costcalculator.cpp and > costcalculator.h > are GPL-2+) > > you also have: > Files: src/plugins/dxf2shp_converter/getInsertions.h > Copyright: Christopher Michaelis > License: GPL-2 > > > > > Files: src/plugins/dxf2shp_converter/getInsertions.cpp > Copyright: Christopher Michaelis > License: GPL-2+ > The second license header of getInsertions.cpp states it is GPLv2 only, so > the > whole thing seems to be licensed under GPLv2. > > Unfortunately you can not mix GPLv2 and GPLv3 software. > > Further you have > Files: src/plugins/dxf2shp_converter/dxflib/src/* > Copyright: 2001-2003, RibbonSoft > 2001, Robert J. Campbell Jr > License: GPL-2 or dxflib-Commercial-License > which doesn't fit either. Excluding the dxf2shp_converter plugin in a repacked upstream tarball is probably the best short term solution on the Debian side. This should allow the combined work to fall under the GPL-3+. > License: ElvenSword says: > * Do not Rip/Merge with other artists work. Example: All in one > gradients by Merger/Ripper Nickname) for download/sell > This is non-free and aren't you doing this with all the other stuff in > resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/*? > > So I am afraid, there needs to be a new revision of this software. The cpt-city gradients collection included in QGIS states in its README.txt that copyright belong to the respective gradient authors. To quote resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/README.txt: " This package contains the gradients from the cpt-city collection. The archive's home is online at http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/cpt-city/ where the most recent version can be found. The copyright of the gradient files is held by their authors, and details of these can be found in the COPYING.xml files. " The QGIS specific README repeats this. To quote resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/README-qgis.txt: " This package contains a selection of the cpt-city gradients for use by the QGIS application. The gradients files chosen allow for redistribution and free use, subject to individual license information found in the COPYING.xml files. " Since the cpt-city collection doesn't claim to be by a different author, the "Do not Rip/Merge with other artists work." clause doesn't seem applicable. The example describes a collection of gradients claiming to be by a different author than the ones included. Do you think this an acceptable interpretation of the ElvenSword license terms? Kind Regards, Bas -- GPG Key ID: 4096R/6750F10AE88D4AF1 Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1 _______________________________________________ Pkg-grass-devel mailing list Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel