Bug#673096: Bug#674844: Bug#674850: Bug#675167: Bug#674850: RM: figlet -- RoQA; license which specifically excludes the right to re-distribute

2012-06-15 Thread Gerfried Fuchs
* Alexander Reichle-Schmehl toli...@debian.org [2012-06-04 21:30:28 CEST]:
 Hi!
 
 On 04.06.2012 19:56, Julien Cristau wrote:
 
  There seems to be just about 0 creative content in that file.  What
  exactly is the problem with it?
  Figlet 2.2.5 has just been released with the following changelog [1].
  That doesn't seem to answer the above question.
 
 The problem is that someone claims that he has copyrights on some of
 these files.

 So far, correct.

 It doesn't actually matter, what I or anyone else thinks about that,
 unless it's a judge ruling that said files are not copyrightable.

 The suggested replacement file though is from the same copyright
holder, contains the same text.  This all suggests that the copyright
holder relicensed the information stored in the file under a free
license.

 So for stable, just the license information would need to get updated,
AIUI.  If a sponsor is needed for the stable update, please give me a
ping.

 Thanks,
Rhonda
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Bug#673096: Bug#674844: Bug#674850: Bug#675167: Bug#674850: RM: figlet -- RoQA; license which specifically excludes the right to re-distribute

2012-06-15 Thread Jonathan McCrohan
On 15/06/12 22:10, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
 So for stable, just the license information would need to get
 updated, AIUI.

Attached is a debdiff with backported versions of fonts/8859-* from
figlet 2.2.5. I proposed something similar on #-release last week too.
While I got replies from the release team, I don't think I got any
response from a SRM.

 If a sponsor is needed for the stable update, please give me a ping.

Thanks, I'll get back to you about that.

Jon
diff -u figlet-2.2.2/debian/control figlet-2.2.2/debian/control
--- figlet-2.2.2/debian/control
+++ figlet-2.2.2/debian/control
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Source: figlet
 Maintainer: Carlos Laviola clavi...@debian.org
+Uploaders: Jonathan McCrohan jmccro...@gmail.com
 Section: non-free/text
 Priority: optional
 Standards-Version: 3.6.1.1
diff -u figlet-2.2.2/debian/changelog figlet-2.2.2/debian/changelog
--- figlet-2.2.2/debian/changelog
+++ figlet-2.2.2/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+figlet (2.2.2-1+squeeze1) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * Replace fonts/8859-* with redistributable alternative versions. 
+  * Add myself as co-maintainer
+
+ -- Jonathan McCrohan jmccro...@gmail.com  Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:23:49 +0100
+
 figlet (2.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream release.  (Closes: #388101)
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- figlet-2.2.2.orig/fonts/8859-8.flc
+++ figlet-2.2.2/fonts/8859-8.flc
@@ -1,42 +1,84 @@
 #
-#  Name: ISO 8859-8 (1988) to Unicode
-#  Unicode version:  1.1
-#  Table version:0.1
+#  Name: ISO/IEC 8859-8:1999 to Unicode
+#  Unicode version:  3.0
+#  Table version:1.1
 #  Table format: Format A
-#  Date: 16 January 1995
-#  Authors:  Tim Greenwood greenw...@r2me2.enet.dec.com
-# John H. Jenkins john_jenk...@taligent.com
+#  Date: 2000-Jan-03
+#  Authors:  Ken Whistler k...@sybase.com
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 1991-1995 Unicode, Inc.  All Rights reserved.
+#  Copyright (c) 1991-1999 Unicode, Inc.  All Rights reserved.
 #
 #  This file is provided as-is by Unicode, Inc. (The Unicode Consortium).
 #  No claims are made as to fitness for any particular purpose.  No
 #  warranties of any kind are expressed or implied.  The recipient
 #  agrees to determine applicability of information provided.  If this
-#  file has been provided on magnetic media by Unicode, Inc., the sole
+#  file has been provided on optical media by Unicode, Inc., the sole
 #  remedy for any claim will be exchange of defective media within 90
 #  days of receipt.
 #
-#  Recipient is granted the right to make copies in any form for
-#  internal distribution and to freely use the information supplied
-#  in the creation of products supporting Unicode.  Unicode, Inc.
-#  specifically excludes the right to re-distribute this file directly
-#  to third parties or other organizations whether for profit or not.
+#  Unicode, Inc. hereby grants the right to freely use the information
+#  supplied in this file in the creation of products supporting the
+#  Unicode Standard, and to make copies of this file in any form for
+#  internal or external distribution as long as this notice remains
+#  attached.
 #
 #  General notes:
 #
 #  This table contains the data the Unicode Consortium has on how
-#   ISO 8859-8 (1988) characters map into Unicode.
+#   ISO/IEC 8859-8:1999 characters map into Unicode.
 #
 #  Format:  Three tab-separated columns
-#   Column #1 is the ISO 8859-8 code (in hex as 0xXX)
+#   Column #1 is the ISO/IEC 8859-8 code (in hex as 0xXX)
 #   Column #2 is the Unicode (in hex as 0x)
 #   Column #3 the Unicode name (follows a comment sign, '#')
 #
-#  The entries are in ISO 8859-8 order
+#  The entries are in ISO/IEC 8859-8 order.
 #
-#  Any comments or problems, contact john_jenk...@taligent.com
+#  Version history
+#  1.0 version updates 0.1 version by adding mappings for all
+#  control characters.
+#   1.1 version updates to the published 8859-8:1999, correcting
+#  the mapping of 0xAF and adding mappings for LRM and RLM.
 #
+#  Updated versions of this file may be found in:
+#  ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/
+#
+#  Any comments or problems, contact err...@unicode.org
+#  Please note that err...@unicode.org is an archival address;
+#  notices will be checked, but do not expect an immediate response.
+#
+0x00   0x  #   NULL
+0x01   0x0001  #   START OF HEADING
+0x02   0x0002  #   START OF TEXT
+0x03   0x0003  #   END OF TEXT
+0x04   0x0004  #   END OF TRANSMISSION
+0x05   0x0005  #   ENQUIRY
+0x06   0x0006  #   ACKNOWLEDGE
+0x07   0x0007  #   BELL
+0x08   0x0008  #   BACKSPACE
+0x09   0x0009  #   HORIZONTAL TABULATION
+0x0A   0x000A  #   LINE FEED
+0x0B   0x000B