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and subject line Bug#308200: fixed in blackbox-themes 0.3
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Package: blackbox-themes
Version: 0.2
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.3
The copyright statement in debian/copyright has been "fixed" to
declare that the whole package is copyright Bruno Barrera; that's
not right. While a lot of the upstreams don't seem to take copyright
and licensing issues very seriously, that doesn't mean they're not
important for Debian.
Here, AFAICT, are the copyright statuses of each section of this
package. Some might present serious problems, usually with the
copyright status of the background image.
Styles that look definitely legal to distribute: Reaction, WhiteBox
Styles that look okay, but seem to need an explicit indication of
licensing terms (via email from the author or whatever): Bombskew, Eon
Silver, Igloo, Nva91, Void
Style that looks to me like it's illegal to distribute: Nijikon
I'm sorry if this seems pedantic, but licensing is important
(particularly in a case like Nijikon, where it's not just a "we didn't
get all the paperwork together" thing but a "the guy who made the image
actively doesn't want it to be used and distributed like this" thing).
I apologize in advance for any mistakes or licensing arrangements I'm
not aware of in the listing below.
If you'd like, I can try to contact the upstream authors and artists
and find out what their wishes are, and try to get them to license
their works under more explicit terms when necessary.
Here's the long list of copyright statuses I was able to figure out:
=== Bombskew style
* Copyright: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Upstream: http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/bombskew/
* License: GPL
=== Bombskew background
* Copyright: "eric- at deviantART"
* Upstream: Presumably somewhere on deviantart.com; I couldn't find
it.
* License: No indication is given of special licensing terms, and
deviantart.com definitely seems to think that redistribution of images
without permission is not okay (see
http://about.deviantart.com/policy/etiquette/).
=== Eon Silver style
* Copyright: [EMAIL PROTECTED], but based on SimpleSmoothGray
and Platinum.
* SimpleSmoothGray is from
http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/themes.php, with no explicit licensing
terms (though fluxbox is BSD-style licensed so it's probably okay).
* Platinum is from http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/platinum/
and is GPL licensed.
* Upstream: http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/eon01/
* License: GPL
=== Eon Silver background
* Copyright: Bandar Hassan Raffa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Upstream: http://www.sadeem.net/tux.html
* License: "This site is a small gift to all Linux and Mac users."
No explicit licensing terms that I can see.
=== Igloo
* Copyright: Carlos Oliva G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Upstream: Couldn't find
* License: Couldn't find (probably okay).
=== Nijikon style
* Copyright: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Upstream: Couldn't find; I used
http://ftp.riken.go.jp/pub/X11/themes/bb/Nijikon-0.60.0-200012050156.tar.gz
* License: No explicit terms.
=== Nijikon background
* Copyright: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Upstream: http://www.deaddreamer.com/v10/freeze/toonz.html
* License: Definitely not okay. "every publication or redistribution
requires my written permission" "if you know anyone who uses parts of
my images ... contact me."
=== Nva91 style
* Copyright: [EMAIL PROTECTED], or possibly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Upstream: http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/nva91/
* License: GPL
=== Nva91 background
* Copyright: "Venox and Niytros"
* Upstream: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/646793/ (sort of)
* License: No explicit terms.
=== Reaction style & (presumably) background
* Copyright: Youngjin Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Upstream: http://themes.freshmeat.net/projects/reaction/
* License: GPL
=== Void style
* Copyright: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* Upstream: Couldn't find; I used
http://ftp.riken.go.jp/pub/X11/themes/bb/Void-0.60.0-200006131620.tar.gz
* License: No explicit terms.
=== Void background
* "I think I got this from endeffect.com, or one of their affiliates.
It looked purty ..." I couldn't find it, but I think it's safe to say
"no explicit terms."
* The style file does say "My thanks to fli73, where I got this
wonderful background."
=== WhiteBox style & background
* Copyright: Volkan YAZICI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* Upstream: http://freshmeat.net/projects/whitebox/
* License: GPL
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-686-smp
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages blackbox-themes depends on:
ii blackbox 0.70.0-2 Window manager for X
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: blackbox-themes
Source-Version: 0.3
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
blackbox-themes, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
blackbox-themes_0.3.dsc
to pool/main/b/blackbox-themes/blackbox-themes_0.3.dsc
blackbox-themes_0.3.tar.gz
to pool/main/b/blackbox-themes/blackbox-themes_0.3.tar.gz
blackbox-themes_0.3_all.deb
to pool/main/b/blackbox-themes/blackbox-themes_0.3_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Bruno Barrera C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated blackbox-themes
package)
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Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 04:31:23 -0400
Source: blackbox-themes
Binary: blackbox-themes
Architecture: source all
Version: 0.3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Bruno Barrera C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Bruno Barrera C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
blackbox-themes - Themes for the Blackbox Windowmanager
Closes: 308200 363180
Changes:
blackbox-themes (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Now we got themes with the license explicity declared as should be.
(closes: #308200)
* Fixed typo in the description. (closes: #363180)
Files:
98ff2ee527c20fc2356ca0f27a5130fe 511 x11 optional blackbox-themes_0.3.dsc
5e390d1fa5ebcae7b942e2d6da45e18b 422177 x11 optional blackbox-themes_0.3.tar.gz
b98d93e2a7c37ea2f6f05ab09bf81386 418494 x11 optional
blackbox-themes_0.3_all.deb
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