Re: Bug#579796: ITP: othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python

2010-05-04 Thread Filippo Rusconi
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 08:25:33PM +, brian m. carlson wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 09:39:02PM +0200, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > > I wonder who many people use the word "Coran" for Qur'an in English. If > > this is quite frequent, you might want insert this synonym somewhere in > > the descrip

Re: Bug#579796: ITP: othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python

2010-05-04 Thread أحمد المحمودي
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 09:39:02PM +0200, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 23:18 +0300, أحمد المحمودي wrote: > > * Package name: othman > > * License : Waqf Public License > > Description : electronic Quran browser > > > > Othman electronic Quran browser displays Qu

Re: Bug#579796: ITP: othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python

2010-05-04 Thread brian m. carlson
On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 09:39:02PM +0200, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > I wonder who many people use the word "Coran" for Qur'an in English. If > this is quite frequent, you might want insert this synonym somewhere in > the description. In my experience, it's either "Qur'an" or "Koran." I think Gunnar

Re: Bug#579796: ITP: othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python

2010-05-04 Thread Frank Lin PIAT
On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 23:18 +0300, أحمد المحمودي wrote: > * Package name: othman > * License : Waqf Public License > Description : electronic Quran browser > > Othman electronic Quran browser displays Quranic text in Othmani script style > as written under authority of Othman i

Re: Bug#579796: ITP: othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python

2010-05-04 Thread Adam Borowski
On Mon, May 03, 2010 at 10:24:54PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Without getting deeper in the licensing of Othman itself, would you > consider the text of the Coran itself to be DFSG-free? I _think_ that > any religious text can only be distributed verbatim, not modified in > any way - That is compl

Re: Bug#579796: ITP: othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python

2010-05-03 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, could you plese change othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python into othman -- electronic Quran browser or is there any reason that the Quran can better browsed with Python than any other programming language? Thanks Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Bug#579796: ITP: othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python

2010-05-03 Thread Gunnar Wolf
أحمد المحمودي dijo [Sat, May 01, 2010 at 12:48:47PM +0300]: > On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 11:27:27AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > "Harm others" is a vague term that can be applied to a wide range of > > activities usually considered ok[1]. > > I am indeed discussing this matter with upstream. That

Re: Bug#579796: ITP: othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python

2010-05-01 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 02:19:03PM +0300, أحمد المحمودي wrote: > > Clear or vague, if they stick to a license that restricts usage, then > > it fails DFSG #6. > > See http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/03/msg00064.html, for > > example, for a quite similar case. > Yes, but it can be p

Re: Bug#579796: ITP: othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python

2010-05-01 Thread أحمد المحمودي
On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 01:04:26PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > Clear or vague, if they stick to a license that restricts usage, then > it fails DFSG #6. > See http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/03/msg00064.html, for > example, for a quite similar case. ---end quoted text--- Yes, but it can

Re: Bug#579796: ITP: othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python

2010-05-01 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 12:48:47PM +0300, أحمد المحمودي wrote: > On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 11:27:27AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > "Harm others" is a vague term that can be applied to a wide range of > > activities usually considered ok[1]. > > I am indeed discussing this matter with upstream. Th

Re: Bug#579796: ITP: othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python

2010-05-01 Thread أحمد المحمودي
On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 11:27:27AM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > "Harm others" is a vague term that can be applied to a wide range of > activities usually considered ok[1]. I am indeed discussing this matter with upstream. That license terms need to be clear not vague. > This fails the DFSG, unl

Re: Bug#579796: ITP: othman -- electronic Quran browser in Python

2010-05-01 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:18:34PM +0300, أحمد المحمودي wrote: > * Package name: othman > Description : electronic Quran browser > * URL : http://othman.ojuba.org > * License : Waqf Public License http://www.ojuba.org/wiki/waqf/license While I do like the preamble of