On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 11:00:41 +0200 "Francesco Poli (wintermute)" <invernom...@paranoici.org> wrote: > Package: postbooks > Version: 4.11.3-2 > Severity: serious > Justification: Policy 2.2.1 > > Dear xTuple Maintainers, > I noticed that this package is in Debian main and is [released] under > the terms of the Common Public Attribution License (CPAL). > > [released]: > <https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/p/postbooks/copyright-4.11.3-2> > > However, software solely released under the terms of the CPAL [fails] > to comply with the DFSG, as [discussed] in 2007 on the debian-legal > mailing list. > > [fails]: > <https://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses#Common_Public_Attribution_License> > [discussed]: <https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/09/msg00165.html> > > Please persuade the upstream copyright holders to switch to a > clearly acceptable license, such as the GNU LGPL v2.1, for instance. > > Otherwise, please move the package to the non-free archive, or remove > it from Debian altogether.
This seems like the final nail in the coffin of Postbooks after the upstream decided to no longer publish the source code: https://xtuple.com/blog/ned/free-software -- Cheers, Andrej
