Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal Removal of qcad source and all binaries (qcad, qcad-doc, qcad-data) from unstable, stable, and old-stable
1) qcad is produced by RibbonSoft and has been in Debian since 1999 2) upstream stopped maintaining the software, and Debian has been using qcad- free [1] as upstream since 2009 3) recently a new project, librecad [2], has ported qcad to qt4 and is packaged in debian as librecad 4) this week, RibbonSoft asked LibreCAD to stop distributing fonts, patterns, example libraries, and documentation as they are not-free. 5) The project is advertised as GPLv2 and includes the text of the license with the code. The header files of all source code has the GPL header, but there is no explicit granting of GPL in the fonts, patterns, libraries, or documentation. In face, the documentation says "All Rights Reserved" 6) Since qcad depends on qt3 (which will be removed by wheezy anyways), and Debian is distributing non-distributable code in both binary and source packages, it should be removed. After removal, a future upload of qcad can be made as a transitional package recommending librecad, as per discussions on debian-science mailing list. [1]http://sites.google.com/site/qcadfree/ [2] www.librecad.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
