Francesco, I am the upstream maintainer, and I have just replaced the flag images with my own under the WTF-PL. I am currently working on replacing the other images as well. Thank you for pointing out the license problems with the current images.
What further action should I take? On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Francesco Poli (wintermute) < invernom...@paranoici.org> wrote: > Package: brewtarget > Version: 1.2.4-1 > Severity: serious > Justification: Policy 2.2.1 > > Hello, > according to its debian/copyright file [1], this package includes > some images licensed under the terms of CC-by-nc-nd-v3.0: > > | Files: images/flag*.png > | Copyright: 2009-2010, A68 Freelance Graphics Designs < > a68desi...@gmail.com> > | License: CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0 > > [1] > http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/b/brewtarget/current/copyright > > This license definitely fails to meet the DFSG (the major issues > are with DFSG#1 and DFSG#3). > Please replace these images with DFSG-free ones or move the package > to the non-free archive. > > > Moreover, the debian/copyright file [1] also states that Oxygen icons > are licensed under the terms of CC-by-sa-v3.0: > > | Files: images/edit-copy.png images/document-print-preview.png > | images/merge.png images/printer.png images/server-database.png > | Copyright: David Vignoni et al. <www.oxygen-icons.org> > | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 > > Do I read correctly on the official website [2] that these icons > are actually dual-licensed under the terms of CC-by-sa-v3.0 > and the GNU LGPL ? > > [2] http://www.oxygen-icons.org/?page_id=4 > > If this is confirmed, please fix the debian/copyright file, > since it is currently inaccurate. > BTW, the full text of CC-by-sa-v3.0 must be included in > the debian/copyright file, since it's not in > /usr/share/common-licenses/ > > > Finally, the debian/copyright file [1] states that restore.png > is licensed under the terms of CC-by-v3.0: > > | Files: images/restore.png > | Copyright: FatCow Web Hosting <www.fatcow.com/free-icons> > | License: CC-BY-3.0 > > This *seems* to be correct, at a first glance, as the referenced > website [3] says: > > | These icon sets are licensed under a Creative Commons > | Attribution 3.0 License. > > [3] http://www.fatcow.com/free-icons > > Unfortunately the copyright holders seem to change their minds or > to be very confused about the meaning of the license, as they > state immediately after: > > | The icons may not be resold, sub-licensed, rented, transferred > | or otherwise made available for use. > > This is clearly an additional non-free restriction (failing DFSG#1) > not included in CC-by-v3.0 or otherwise a non-free interpretation > of CC-by-v3.0: in either case, it means that the copyright holders > did not license the image in a DFSG-free manner. > Please replace the image with a DFSG-free one or move the package > to the non-free archive. > > > I hope these issues may be fixed soon. > > Thanks for your time. > Bye. > > > -- Philip G. Lee rocketman...@gmail.com
