On Fri, October 14, 2005 10:46 am, Peter Samuelson said: > > [Mattia Dongili] >> * Package name : acpica-unix >> >> iasl compiles ASL (ACPI Source Language) into AML (ACPI Machine >> Language). This AML is suitable for inclusion as a DSDT in system >> firmware. It also can disassemble AML, for debugging purposes. > > The name is a bit silly, IMO. It's not as though Debian is likely to > get a acpica-win32 package in the near future. > > The binary package should probably be named either 'acpica' or 'iasl'. > The source package could, I suppose, be either 'acpica' or
my plan is "iasl" for the binary. I prefer to stay with the acpica-unix (as named upstream) for the source package instead. >> I'm not very comfortable with the licence language and I'd like somebody >> to proof-read it before uploading this stuff. >> I'd say this licence grants enough rights, but there are also a lot of >> "must". > > I'll leave debian-legal to dissect this one in detail - but some bits > of the license are sloppy. For example, requiring approval from the US > Dept. of Commerce before exporting the software - from *any* country - > is probably not the intent; they just forgot to stipulate that they > meant exporting it "from the United States". Forcing all licensees, > regardless of location, to agree to comply with the U.S. Export > Administration Regulations is silly, and probably unenforceable. The > copyright notice says "all rights reserved" right before the rest of > the license spells out several rights which are, in fact, not reserved. and just after saying "Some or all of this work - Copyright ..." > The license also tells us we *must* read it before *using* the > software, as though it were some sort of click-wrap - this too is > probably unenforceable, but if enforceable, is non-free. (How is > Debian supposed to ensure that users read the license before using the > software? What if all packages said that?) as said on d-legal I also asked on acpi-devel come clarifications, here's the answer: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=acpi4linux&m=112916177304146&w=2 This actually makes me a little more comfortable with packaging this stuff in main but I'm still open for a d-legal input. -- mattia :wq!
