Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-03-24 Thread Sandro Mani
So the current Array::IntSpan maintainer managed to track down the original author, which has agreed to relicense to Artistic-2.0, which resolves this issue.

Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-02-24 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-02-24 15:16:16) > > On 24.02.20 15:14, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-02-24 14:29:41) > >> On 24.02.20 13:16, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > >>> I'll go with applying the patch, and make a note in the rpm > >>> specfile > that it is a temporary hac

Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-02-24 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-02-24 14:29:41) > > On 24.02.20 13:16, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > I'll go with applying the patch, and make a note in the rpm specfile > >> that it is a temporary hack and causes the deficiencies you > >> describe. > > Your call :-) > > Could you confirm whether the te

Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-02-24 Thread Sandro Mani
On 24.02.20 15:14, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-02-24 14:29:41) On 24.02.20 13:16, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: I'll go with applying the patch, and make a note in the rpm specfile that it is a temporary hack and causes the deficiencies you describe. Your call :-) Could you

Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-02-24 Thread Sandro Mani
On 24.02.20 13:16, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: I'll go with applying the patch, and make a note in the rpm specfile that it is a temporary hack and causes the deficiencies you describe. Your call :-) Could you confirm whether the temporary hack would result in the same level of accuracy licens

Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-02-24 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-02-24 12:26:34) > > On 24.02.20 12:21, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > >>> If you do choose to carry this patch, then I kindly request that you > >>> document clearly that you are effectively distributing a fork of the > >>> code, so that your users do not get the false imp

Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-02-24 Thread Sandro Mani
On 24.02.20 12:21, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: If you do choose to carry this patch, then I kindly request that you document clearly that you are effectively distributing a fork of the code, so that your users do not get the false impression that the quality of your licensecheck is on par with th

Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-02-24 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-02-24 12:04:34) > On 24.02.20 11:58, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-02-24 10:12:50) > >> Since I need to update the package in Fedora (it is currently broken), > >> I've prepared the patch below to remove the dependency. Can you > >> perhaps confirm

Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-02-24 Thread Sandro Mani
Hi Jonas On 24.02.20 11:58, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: Hi Sandro, Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-02-24 10:12:50) Since I need to update the package in Fedora (it is currently broken), I've prepared the patch below to remove the dependency. Can you perhaps confirm that it does not fundamentally break l

Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-02-24 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Hi Sandro, Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-02-24 10:12:50) > Since I need to update the package in Fedora (it is currently broken), > I've prepared the patch below to remove the dependency. Can you > perhaps confirm that it does not fundamentally break licensecheck in > some way? > From my tests, it

Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-02-24 Thread Sandro Mani
Hi Jonas Since I need to update the package in Fedora (it is currently broken), I've prepared the patch below to remove the dependency. Can you perhaps confirm that it does not fundamentally break licensecheck in some way? From my tests, it appears to work. Thanks Sandro diff -rupN A

Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-02-11 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Hi Sandro, Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-02-12 00:24:50) > The perl Array-IntSpan module is licensed Artistic v1 [1], but this > license is considered a non-free license [2] and not allowed in Fedora > [3]. > > As such, Fedora won't be able to ship newer versions of licensecheck > as long as there

Bug#951186: Please reconsider usage of perl-Array-IntSpan in licensecheck

2020-02-11 Thread Sandro Mani
Package: licensecheck Version: 3.0.41 The perl Array-IntSpan module is licensed Artistic v1 [1], but this license is considered a non-free license [2] and not allowed in Fedora [3]. As such, Fedora won't be able to ship newer versions of licensecheck as long as there is a dependency on this m