[Debtags-devel] New categorization proposal

[Torsten Marek]

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Václav Juza schrieb:
> Hi,
> there are many types of packages in the debian non-free and contrib sections,
> from java packages or GFDL documentation to such as rar or flashplugin, where 
> one can almost nothing. And I think this is a good task for debtags to 
> categorize it, and in the future, maybe even some categorization of free 
> packages.
> 
> So I include my proposal of vocabulary extension and an example of how some 
> packages would be tagged. I tested these files under /etc/debtags/license and 
> added it to /etc/debtags/sources.list and then did debtags update.
> 
> As I am not lawyer and I am debtags-newbie, so please don't beat me, if i am 
> wrong in anything :-)
> 

Hi Vaclav,
Thanks for yor work and welcome to Debtags!

I think it would be more helpful if you include your tags/facets as text into
your email, makes it easier to check.
Basically, I think that having such information is good, but it's not really
license. This should better be license::gpl, license::bsd, license::proprietary
etc and could be automatically inferred by reading the debian/copyright.
The tags you have would better be under a facet like "freedom" (maybe
licens*ing*), or maybe, because it mainly talks about restrictions (and the
default is DFSG-free), "restriction".
Right now, it looks a bit overwhelming to me, but that's more because of the
bewildering nature of (non-free) software licensing.
What do other think about it?
Do you care for asking our lawyers at debian-legal about it?

best regards

Torsten

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