Would OpenMelody be interested in a fixing this flash licensing issue so a patched version isn't required for Debian?<div><br></div><div>As I understand it a summary is:</div><div><br></div><div>- OpenMelody currently ships with compiled flash files without source. </div>
<div>- The source of one of these isn't under a license deemed `free` by Debian.</div><div>- The source can't be compiled using `free` tools so this isn't conducive to open source changes.<br><div><br></div><div>
Are these flash files still going to be required after the UI re-design anyway?</div><div><br></div><div>Adam<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 October 2010 16:56, Dominic Hargreaves <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dom@earth.li">dom@earth.li</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 08:48:35AM +0100, Adam Guthrie wrote:<br>
> It's nearly there I think. I'll definitely update it with the beta release<br>
> when that comes along and, time permitting, package some of the point<br>
> releases between now and then.<br>
><br>
> One issue outstanding is getting the correct perl dependencies. So far I've<br>
> just updated those for the plugins and left the core list alone as I'm<br>
> having difficultly getting my head around it. I've seen what I assume is<br>
> you list, Dominic, [1] but am unclear whether that's up-to-date.<br>
<br>
</div>It's probably not. Probably the best thing to do is look at the diff of<br>
extlib between MTOS 4.34 and OpenMelody to find out if any changes in<br>
dependencies from my 4.34 packages are needed.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Melody people, is there a definitive list of perl dependencies, which are<br>
> required and which optional? The Debian way of packaging is to not package<br>
> your bundled extlibs, instead depend of those modules packaged separately.<br>
> However, at least some of the extlibs seem unused and therefore I'd prefer<br>
> to avoid the dependency. And others aren't bundled at all (I assume those<br>
> requiring compilation).<br>
><br>
> Finally, from a Debian perspective, which modules should be "Recommended"<br>
> and which "Required"?<br>
<br>
</div>I think MTOS had its own idea of required and optional modules<br>
which I based my Debian package Depends/Recommend on; presumably the<br>
same will apply from OpenMelody?<br>
<br>
You might like to note that I've made a recent update of the MTOS<br>
packages to remove the non-free flash components. Please see<br>
<<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591975" target="_blank">http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591975</a>> for details<br>
and the git repo for my changes.<br>
<br>
On a different note, you might like to merge in my changes in<br>
426343cccbed5bda0dac9fafbc5d07737551e616<br>
removing the flash plugins. This will need to be done before your<br>
package can be uploaded to Debian.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Dominic.<br>
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