tags 292325 + pending thanks Göran Weinholt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Package: libforms-doc > Version: 0.89-2 > Severity: serious > > Quoting debian/copyright: > > --- > Copyright (c) 1996-2000 by T.C. Zhao and Mark Overmars > Copyright (c) 1999-2000 by T.C. Zhao and Steve Lamont > ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > No part of this document may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, > without permission from the authors. Permission to produce hardcopies in > its entirety for private use is granted. > --- > > Where is the permission to redistribute the document? If you have > obtained permission from the authors so that Debian and our mirrors > can distribute the document, then it would be appropriate to mention > this fact in debian/copyright. > > Regards, > > -- > Göran Weinholt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Debian developer, sysadmin, netadmin I was hoping that the documentation would be freed sufficiently soon to avoid uploading another package to non-free. Guess it's time to nudge and nag again. In the meantime, the permission was granted in September 2003 and is archived here with the XForms mailing list. I had asked the question here: http://bob.usuhs.mil/pipermail/xforms/2003/000030.html and here is the sought-after permission: http://bob.usuhs.mil/pipermail/xforms/2003/000053.html Is this enough to downgrade the severity? I quote the permission here: : Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 07:07:59 -0700 (PDT) : From: "T.C. Zhao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Subject: Re: [XForms] Re: XForms: Documentation : To: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : To subscribers of the xforms list : : : : Hi Peter, : : Please feel free to include the current manual in the Debian distribution. : : For the public record, I am granting the rights to all linux distributors to : distribute all versions of xforms manual without fee in all electronic : formats (.tex,.psf, .ps, .html) with the requirement that the distributed : versions retain the copyright notice and version number. : : -TC : : --- Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : > T.C. Zhao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : > : > > : > > Sorry for the delay and thanks for the info. GPL it is. : > > : > > I am currently travelling and will be back home end of September. Expect : > the : > > free manual in October sometime. : > > : > > -TC : > : > Thanks TC! : > : > Would you also mind replying to this message (and CC the mailing list : > for the public record) and give permission to Debian to distribute the : > current version of the manual in its non-free archive and mirrors, e.g. : > : > http://packages.debian.org/unstable/doc/libforms-doc.html : > : > This would gives us the required permission not present in the current : > license. : > : > Thanks again! : > -- : > Peter S. Galbraith, Debian Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > http://people.debian.org/~psg : > GPG key 1024/D2A913A1 - 97CE 866F F579 96EE 6E68 8170 35FF 799E -- Peter S. Galbraith, Debian Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://people.debian.org/~psg GPG key 1024/D2A913A1 - 97CE 866F F579 96EE 6E68 8170 35FF 799E
