[pkg-x2go-devel] Bug#784565: Bug#784565: Bug#784565: Bug#784565: Bug#784565: nx-libs-lite: parts are derived from non-free code

[Mike Gabriel]

Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/ArcticaProject/nx-libs/issues/30

Hi Francesco,

On  Mi 20 Mai 2015 20:03:25 CEST, Francesco Poli wrote:

> On Tue, 19 May 2015 08:15:12 +0000 Mike Gabriel wrote:
>
> [...]
>> @Frederico: I guess we are through then.
>
> Yes, it seems so (I'm assuming you meant to direct this question to
> me...).

Yes. :-)

>> For fixing this issue (in terms of closing the bug), I propose this
>> for downstream (i.e., Debian):
>>
>>    o copy bug_784565.mbox [1] into the debian/ folder of the
>> nx-libs-lite package
>
> Maybe the entire bug log is an overkill...
> I would include the relevant replies only. For instance:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=40;mbox=yes;bug=784565
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=77;mbox=yes;bug=784565
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=87;mbox=yes;bug=784565
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=102;mbox=yes;bug=784565

ACK.

>>    o upload some latest release of nx-libs-lite 3.5.0.x to unstable
>>    o update debian/copyright accordingly
>
> In the debian/copyright file the license for the original DXPC code
> should be replaced with the 2-clause BSD license (currently adopted for
> DXPC) with a comment saying something like:
>
>   The original DXPC code used to be available under a license which
>   failed to explicitly grant the permission to modify, but was later
>   retroactively re-licensed under the 2-clause BSD license (see
>   debian/bug_784565_*.mbox for the copyright owners' statements; see
>   <https://bugs.debian.org/784565> for more details)
>
> Moreover, the copyright notice of Gian Filippo Pinzari should be
> documented in some more appropriate part of the debian/copyright file,
> associated with the NoMachine license (GPL v2 or later).
>
>>    o close this bug via debian/changelog
>>
>> For upstream, I propose this:
>>
>>    o copy bug_784565.mbox into the docs/ folder
>
> Again, I would not include the entire bug log, but only the relevant
> messages (see above)...
>
>>    o update copyright information in nxcomp/ subfolder
>>    o provide some README or such that shortly explains our last  
>> weeks' process
>>    o this will be for the upcoming 3.6.x release series of nx-libs
>>
>>    o this should also be backported to the 3.5.x release series

Doing all the above now.

Thanks to all,
Mike

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