Panda3d in Ubuntu

[Andy]

On 06/12/06, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
hi

> Can we get Panda3d into the repositories?

Which repository?
The people who made it decided that we need yet another software
license, any lawyers want to adjudicate on whether its Free or
Non-Free?

I couple of sticking points in the license:

from the license [0]:
> An electronic copy of the source code for major modifications that You make
> to the Software should be forwarded to Licensor at
> Panda.Project at Disney.com  as soon as the modifications are significant
> or stable enough for Licensor's evaluation for possible future distribution.

Many would argue this now makes the software non-free.
If you don't have email access, or are stranded on a desert island you
can not privately modify the software.

The main reason for asking whether it should count as free or non-free
is this is what determines which repository the software can be placed
into.
Main and Universe for free software
Restricted and Multiverse for non-free (its not going to get into
restricted, that's only for essential things)

> What are the steps needed to get this into the Ubuntu
> system, so that everyone could use what was written with it?

Luckily someone wrote a wiki page on this:
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages/New>
(MOTU = Masters of the Universe)

or you could check MOTU Schools (sessions normally held on IRC, but it
has information from past sessions to read)
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/School>

Seems there appears to be a packaged version already it should make
things easier, still should have a maintainer though.



Ah I think this is non free software I just noticed this:
from license [0]:
> The Software may not be downloaded or otherwise exported or reexported
> (i) into (or to a national or resident of) Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Syria,
> or any other country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone
> on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the
> U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders.

from the Open Source definition [1]
> 5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
>
> The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons.

from the explanation of that point [1]:
> Some countries, including the United States, have export restrictions for
> certain types of software. An OSD-conformant license may warn licensees of
> applicable restrictions and remind them that they are obliged to obey the law;
> however, it may not incorporate such restrictions itself.

You will have to find out how to get this in multiverse, shouldn't be
a problem though, Ubuntu doesn't really give a stuff about free or
open source software anymore (or at least they don't in Feisty).

_ Andy

[0] http://www.panda3d.org/license.php
[1] http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php

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