[Bug 1155343] Re: [needs-packaging] New package ibus-cangjie

[Sebastien Bacher]

since libcangjie has made its way to raring, I started reviewed pycangjie and ibus-cangjie, I've an issue with this source though:
- the code is under LGPL3
- but it also has a copy of a LGPL2.1 source: src/pycanberra.py (that's a 2.1 and not 2.1+)

since that copy is a private/modified version, my reading of
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility would be that
it's in the "I want to copy LGPL2.1 code for my project which is LGPL3"
case, which seems ok as long as you transfert this code to GPLv3. In
which case the GPL license should be shipped in the tarball and the
debian/copyright should state that the source is GPLv3 and not LGPL2.1 I
guess?

let me know if you think my reading of the situation is incorrect, I'm
in no way a licenses expert

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Title:
  [needs-packaging] New package ibus-cangjie

Status in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  This bug is for a new source package ibus-cangjie, which is licensed
  under LGPL-3+.

  Package can be found in
  https://launchpad.net/~anthonywong/+archive/ime/+packages.

  This package is an IBus input method for Cangjie. I wish this package
  can be accepted in raring since Cangjie is the most popular input
  method in Hong Kong.

  I will work on uploading to Debian soon but in view of freeze schedule
  of raring, I am uploading to ubuntu first, hence requesting a feature
  freeze exception, thanks.

  Please also see bug 1154197 for libcangjie and bug 1155339 for
  pycangjie, which ibus-cangjie depends on.

  Ubuntu Version: Raring
  Repo: Universe

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