Re: xpm images and packaging policy

[Linus Walleij]

Hi,

any progress? I think the best thing for us might be to go for a patched 
source .tar with xgnokii removed... simple and solves the problem. 
Currently we have a 3rd party repository (livna) hosting gnokii but moving 
most of it into Fedora Extras and leaving just xgnokii on livna is quite 
OK.

Linus

On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Pawel Kot wrote:

> Hi Linus,
>
> Just to let you know that we are not ignoring your question. Hugh and
> I are currently thinking about this problem. We will let you know
> soon.
>
> take care,
> pkot
>
> 2005/11/29, Linus Walleij <address@hidden>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I package software for the Fedora Extras RPM package repository. We have
> > had this problem with gnokii that the source directory for xgnokii/xpm
> > contain a number of Nokia phone images, which are presumably encumbered by
> > copyrights, trademarks and/or legal pattern protection.
> >
> > This makes it hard for us to package and distribute gnokii, and other
> > frontends not using gnokii and its libraries, like gnome-phone-manager.
> >
> > I do not intend to start another everlasting IP discussion, just want to
> > route around this problem for now.
> >
> > Is it possible for you to:
> >
> > * package xgnokii .tar.gz source separately from the rest of gnokii?
> > * distribute the .xpm images separately?
> > * get permission from Nokia to distribute these images under the GNU GPL?
> >
> > else our option will be to redistribute a RPM with a patched source with
> > xgnokii taken out or similar. This will work too, but wanted to ask gnokii
> > developers first.
> >
> > Yours,
> > Linus Walleij
> >
> >
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>
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