[Pkg-javascript-devel] zeparser.js_0.0.7-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Jonas, Luke,

On Sa 20 Jul 2013 12:42:16 CEST Jonas Smedegaard wrote:

> Quoting Ansgar Burchardt (2013-07-20 12:32:30)
>> Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> writes:
>> > Quoting Luke Faraone (2013-07-16 06:02:20)
>> >> Please remove the embedded GPLv3 Ext.JS library (among others) in
>> >> ZeParser-0.0.7\benchmark.html.
>> >>
>> >> Please replace them with non-minified versions, include it from
>> >> other parts of Debian if it is packaged, or remove the
>> >> benchmark.html file entirely.
>> >
>> > Why?  Is it now not DFSG-compliant to ship GPLv3 code in Debian?!?
>>
>> It's fine to ship GPL-3 code in Debian. However the source package has
>> to include the full source where source means the "preferred form of
>> modification".
>>
>> For JavaScript libraries minimized versions without whitespace and
>> comments are *not* the preferred form of modification. So the source
>> for the libraries embedded into benchmark.html is missing.
>>
>> See also the second entry from the bottom in the list of major
>> problems in the REJECT-FAQ[1].
>>
>>   [1] <https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html>
>
> Thanks for the clarification.  Much appreciated.
>
>
>  - Jonas

Atm. I am trying to get that sorted out upstream [1].

Mike

[1] https://github.com/qfox/ZeParser/issues/20


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