Re: [be] Fwd: bibledit-gtk_4.2-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Teus Benschop]

Hi Jonathan,

I believe that the current version of Bibledit-Gtk, as it is in the
source repository, is "Debian clean". That is, I believe that the
current version meets the Debian Free Software Guidelines.

The following modifications were made, and the following comments
illustrate why I think that bibledit-gtk is now compatible:

> bibledit-gtk-4.2/doc/site/*.html (and html files in subfolders):
> contain obfuscated java script stuff, with "/* Copyright 2008 Google. */"

Peter von Kaehne wrote new code that extracts xml data from the Wiki,
and produces html data. All files are free.

> 
> bibledit-gtk-4.2/doc/site/activity.xml doesn't look like prefered form
> of modification

This file is no longer there. It's no longer needed now.

> bibledit-gtk-4.2/gobible/{GoBibleCore2.jar,GoBibleCreator.jar}
> sourceless binary stuff with different copyright holder

The copyright holder may still be different, but I believe that this is
not a problem, as long as this is mentioned in debian/copyright. The
GoBible source has been included as an export from the subversion
repository. It means that the binary stuff is no longer 'sourceless'.

> bibledit-gtk-4.2/outpost/bwoutpost.exe (and some other files)
> Missing source, unknown license?

Not sure why the source is said to be 'missing' here. The source was
included in the Pascal files. These are the *.pas files. The source is
licensed under the GPL. I've updated the README files to further clarify
this.

> bibledit-gtk-4.2/usfm/{$FIftiMain,$OBJINST}
> Don't know what these files are

The USFM documentation has been removed. I have asked the Canadian Bible
Society for a version of this USFM documentation that is compatible with
the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Till the time that this issue has
been resolved, all USFM documentation that is not compatible remains
removed from the tarball.

> 
> bibledit-gtk-4.2/usfm
> ====
> On 4 August 2009 Jeff Klassen of the Canadian Bible Society gave
> permission to distribute this file:
> "Please feel free to distribute the current version of the CHM help
> file.  We're glad that the documentation can be of help."
> 
> Since it does not come with a license, it is supposed that the file is
> in the public domain.
> =====
> 
> Uhm... No.  The author statement doesn't grant all rights required by
> the DFSG, and "supposing" it's public domain is not enough. Beside:
> That's not mentioned in your debian/copyright either.

I suppose that mentioning a couple of things in debian/copyright could
help here. Any offending files have been removed for just now.

> 
> bibledit-gtk-4.2/usfm/helpman_topicinit.js:
> "It is designed for use in combination with the output of Help & Manual
> and must not be used outside this context."
> What is this file?  May I edit it?  May it be distributed?  Who's the
> copyright holder?

The USFM files were removed. Thus the offending javascript is gone as
well.

> 
> bibledit-gtk-4.2/xetex/ptx2pdf.tar.gz not in debian/copyright at all.

I cannot resolve this, but trust you are able to do so.


So far I think that I've done all that I can to address the concerns
expressed by the FTPmasters.

What else can I do to assist creating a new package for upload to
Debian? Perhaps release bibledit-gtk version 4.3?

Best regards,

Teus