Comments regarding pd-arraysize_0.1-1_amd64.changes

[Felipe Sateler]

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 07:57, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 11:21:54AM +0100, Roman Haefeli wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 2010-11-07 at 14:00 -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>
>>> Additionally, expr is GPL and arraysize is public domain, so some people
>>> will use arraysize for that reason (i.e. a proprietary app based on Pd like
>>> rjdj).
>>
>> Good point.
>
> Maybe so for upstream development, but irrelevant for Debian packaging, I
> believe.

The decision of wether to package or not a piece of software certainly
must consider the license available. Note that making software
proprietary is not the only reason to avoid GPLed dependencies.


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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler