qgis_2.8.1-1~exp1_amd64.changes REJECTED

Sebastiaan Couwenberg sebastic at xs4all.nl
Tue Mar 3 18:28:20 UTC 2015


Hi Thorsten,

On 02/28/2015 10:47 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
> On 02/28/2015 07:36 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
>> On 02/28/2015 05:00 PM, Thorsten Alteholz wrote:
>>>> Unfortunately you can not mix GPLv2 and GPLv3 software.
>> Excluding the dxf2shp_converter plugin in a repacked upstream tarball is
>> probably the best short term solution on the Debian side. This should
>> allow the combined work to fall under the GPL-3+.
> 
> I've uploaded a new revision of qgis 2.8.1 with a repacked upstream
> tarball from which the dxf2shp converter plugin is excluded.
> 
>>>> License: ElvenSword says:
>>>>  * Do not Rip/Merge with other artists work. Example: All in one
>>>>    gradients by Merger/Ripper Nickname) for download/sell
>>>> This is non-free and aren't you doing this with all the other stuff in 
>>>> resources/cpt-city-qgis-min/*?
>>>>
>>>> So I am afraid, there needs to be a new revision of this software.
>> The cpt-city gradients collection included in QGIS states in its
>> README.txt that copyright belong to the respective gradient authors.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> Since the cpt-city collection doesn't claim to be by a different author,
>> the "Do not Rip/Merge with other artists work." clause doesn't seem
>> applicable. The example describes a collection of gradients claiming to
>> be by a different author than the ones included.
>>
>> Do you think this an acceptable interpretation of the ElvenSword license
>> terms?
> 
> Is this OK, or shall I also exclude the es gradient from the upstream
> tarball?

I've uploaded another revision from which the ElvenSword gradients are
excluded too.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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