On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 10:27:49AM +0800, Andrew Lee wrote: > Hi Liu, > > Changwoo Ryu wrote: > > Please verify that they are really under GPL. Many of the GPL-labeled > > stardict dictionaries are actually generated from non-free sources > > (sometimes illegally). This problem has been raised many times but the > > stardict authors don't seem to care at all. > > As Changwoo mentioned. We *need* look into it's history also, not > blindly trust the license statement provided by upstream author. I really have checked licenses of those dictionaries without the blind trust to the upstream author. I know the notorious license problem with the stardict dictionaries. The licenses of dictionaries that have been included in the package are described in the earlier mail to Changwoo.
> > BTW, maybe convert exist dict-xdict package to stardict format is a > easier way as this dictionary is in Debian already: > dict-xdict - An English to Chinese Dictionary I don't think the conversion method is a good idea, because this package is for stardict. stardic and xdict are really old programs. They should be removed from Debian. > > > CEDICT one looks OK but I suspect the other ones to be non-free. > > As my understanding, CEDICT license is not DFSG-free as well. In my point of view, it seems ok. Could you please explain that to me? Thank you very much. Regards, Qi -- LIU Qi liuq...@gmail.com li...@printk.org PGP Key fingerprint: A8C0 860C D8A9 D6FC 551F 6E2C A4AB 763B 00EC 886F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
