Bug#769541: ams: please add the 'Atte-Jensen-instrumentpatches' to the Ams package

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting rosea grammostola (2014-11-14 21:08:40)
> It's just so irritating that things can move so slowly in Debian
> sometimes.

Right.  I feel like that myself sometimes.  But less and less, as I 
understand the reasons for processing involved.


> It's about some presets for AMS, a synth. I mean it's no base software 
> or something, just presets. It's clear that the makers of those 
> presets wants to share them with a GPL license.

Yes, that is clear - that's what they state verbatim.

What is not clear is *which* GPL license.

A reason such detail is important is that Debian definitions of required 
freedoms not only involve authors permitting Debian to use the code for 
its original purpose, but also permitting Debian to forward permission 
to anyone else to repurpose the code - and e.g. if licensed as GPL-2 
then that is compatible with e.g. Expat licensed works and GPL-2+ works 
but not with GPL-3 works.  Stating licensing explicitly is important.


> I like to help Debian, but if it's so cumbersome to report a simple 
> request, then I'll think twice the next time to summit a bugreport. 
> Then asking the maintainers of Kxstudio or AVLinux would be a better 
> shot I guess. I should care less.

We appreciate your filing this bugreport.  Really!

We comment on the issue that the bugreport is about - getting the code 
into Debian.  Licensing clarification is for the _authors_ of the code 
to correct, *not* you.

We really appreciate your helping out getting the authors to clarify, 
and I am sorry if I have (unintendedly!) mislead you to feel that it was 
a burden on you.


Kind regards,

 - Jonas

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