2015-02-21 20:15 GMT+01:00 Ruben Undheim <ruben.undh...@gmail.com>: > Btw: Is there a way to make the non-free models available as a > separate package in the non-free archive perhaps once in the future? > >
mmm, yes but if we qucs to be able to use them, it should be moved from free to contrib section in the archive. > Ruben > > 2015-02-21 20:11 GMT+01:00 Ruben Undheim <ruben.undh...@gmail.com>: > > Hi José L, > > > > Thanks for giving detailed information! > > > > This explains it very well. > > > > Getting the licenses ok isn't always the easiest thing to do... > > > > I wish you good luck and I hope that we once again will see Qucs in the > archive. > > > > Thanks a lot for the effort! > > > > Best regards, > > Ruben > > > > > > 2015-02-21 19:28 GMT+01:00 José Luis Redrejo Rodríguez < > jredr...@debian.org>: > >> > >> > >> 2015-02-21 12:46 GMT+01:00 Ruben Undheim <ruben.undh...@gmail.com>: > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> > I've just uploaded it to the archive > >>> > >>> I just saw this was written in October. As far as I can see, Qucs is > >>> not available in the Debian repository now. Is there anything holding > >>> it up? > >> > >> > >> > >> Yes, the sources contain some files which license is not acceptable by > >> Debian ftpmaster, so it has been rejected. > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Which archive did you upload it too? > >>> > >>> I can see that there is a well maintained PPA for Ubuntu with packages > >>> in good state here: > >>> https://launchpad.net/~fransschreuder1/+archive/ubuntu/qucs > >>> > >>> Is there any reason why this package cannot enter Debian sid also > >>> soon. I'm impressed of how well Qucs has become. > >> > >> > >> > >> Yes, it is not a pure technical question. The package was ready, > working and > >> lintian clean. > >> It 's a licensing problem. There are a bunch of files (mainly models) > with > >> non-free licenses. I'm trying to clean them all, but qucs funcionality > are > >> being reduced. > >> I'm trying to find a replacement to keep it all working. > >> Of course, the ppa package you say it's still worse in terms of > licensing. I > >> had already removed the files I was sure that were not free, but > ftpmasters > >> found some others. > >> > >> Regards > >> José L. > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> Ruben > >> > >> >
