Rejecting squeak

[Martin Pitt]

Hi,

Jordan Mantha [2008-03-02 17:44 -0800]:
> Because this is just the VM and not distributed as a part of a squeak
> distribution (like squeakland, croquet, etc.) I believe COPYRIGHT is the
> correct license. This, of course, is not immediately clear.

Can you please ask upstream about which license applies to what, and
either roll a new tarball or at least put that statement to somewhere?

> >  * ./unix/doc/HowToBuildFromSource.{pdf,ps,html} is apparently
> >    generated from a LaTeX source, but it's not included in the source
> >    distribution. This violates the GPL.
> 
> Hmm, not sure what to do with this one as I don't have any control over
> it although it seems a bit of a stretch, IMO, to me to call it a GPL
> violation as I would consider PDF, ps, and HTML to be much preferred
> formats over Latex in terms of distribution/modification.

Maybe in terms of distribution, but not in terms of modification. PS
(unless written manually) and PDF are no formats suitable for
modification at all. Also, modifying generated files would bring them
out of sync with the master LaTeX document and thus would get
overwritten.

This is precisely what the preferred form of modification clause wants
to achieve.

Unless the LaTeX source is available from anywhere and thus can be
included into the orig.tar.gz, the fallback option is to remove those
documents from the tarball altogether. Judging by the name, it is not
terribly interesting for users of the package anyway?

> Overall, these squeak packages are quite a bit better than what's
> *already* in Multiverse (since Breezy). It'd be a shame to have Hardy
> without these packages but I *do* appreciate the responsibilities you
> have to keep the Ubuntu archives in good order.

Right. I wasn't saying that we shouldn't get them in, but that we
should aim to correct them.

Thanks,

Martin

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