Re: package dkopp new upstream version copyright Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported

Francesco Poli <[email protected]> Sat, 19 Apr 2025 15:52:46 +0200

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On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 21:06:05 +0800 xiao sheng wen(肖盛文) wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> 
>   I'm preparing maintain the dkopp package in Debian.
> 
> But I meet the copyright issue about the new version 8.1,
> it use "Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported"
> for All other data and image files. This license is not accept by Debian DFSG.
> 
> We has a discuss in mailling list:
> 
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2025/04/msg00010.html
> Please read all email following this thread.
> 
> Would you switch from CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 to CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC-BY-SA-4.0 ?

Or even better, since the program is released under the terms of the
GNU GPL, could you (Michael Cornelison, copyright owner of the files
under consideration) please also switch from CC-by-nc-sa to the GNU GPL
for data and images files, as well?

Thanks for developing Free Software.
Bye!


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