Re: [Debian-sf-devel] NonFree software and Debian SF

[Christian BAYLE]

Hi

First I hope jpgraph will go free
I have no special preferences, no religion about langages. 
I would say that php is probably easier to integrate, 
after it's better when it is not consuming a lot of CPU,
and probably better if the developper is confident with the used api.

Christian

James Michael DuPont a écrit:
> ok. Sorry. I am jumping to the gun here. Please disregard my mail then
> on that point.
>
> please advise, what do you think about the other packages suggested in
> my mail? Any particular preference.
>
> --- Christian BAYLE <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > You can use jpgraph with gforge package, but it's not even suggested.
> > I removed the experimental package from my sites, waiting the answer.
> > The gantt chart feature is not included in debian-sf package at all.
> >
> > I sent email to jpgraph creator to clarify the situation, and hope a 
> > positive answer
> > jpgraph is ready to be uploaded in debian, but won't be in main if it
> > is 
> > not free of course,
> >  and even probably not in non-free.
> >
> > Christian
> >
> >
> >
> > James Michael DuPont a écrit:
> >
> > > Dear Team,
> > >
> > > I was very suprised and very disappointed to see that 
> > > we now have non-free software in the debian-sf/gforge system.
> > > (JPGraph, or something like that)
> > >
> > > In any case, if it is not in free under debian, then we can and
> > >     
> > should
> > > not use it. I would like to see why this decision was made and who
> > >     
> > made
> > > it? 
> > >
> > > I would like to ask you to reconsider this decision!
> > >
> > > If you want gannt charts, here is a package that can handle them
> > >     
> > (under
> > > BSD, and can be converted to GPL)
> > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpaga/
> > >
> > > Here you can run gnuplot via perl
> > > http://www.tjhsst.edu/~dhechtma/techlab/gnuplot/
> > >
> > > The GNOME Guppi could be embedded on the server side,
> > > or ran on the client
> > > http://www.gnome.org/projects/guppi/
> > >
> > > MRTG / Multi Router Traffic Grapher
> > > http://www.mrtg.org/
> > >
> > > And the rrdtool :
> > > http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/
> > >
> > > (in c)
> > > http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/
> > >
> > > and from webmin (in perl)
> > > http://webminstats.sourceforge.net/
> > >
> > > I find it even crazy that you would use non-free software before
> > >     
> > using
> > > perl or python. 
> > >
> > > The guys from gnuenterprise.org and dotgnu.org will be sure to help
> > >     
> > out
> > > if needed. 
> > >
> > > I find that you should make a list of all non-free software in
> > > gforge/debian-sf and give them 30 days to offer it to you under a
> > >     
> > free
> > > license, otherwise we will post a public call for help to help
> > >     
> > replace
> > > any and all non-free software to the entire free software word.
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> > >
> > > mike
> > >
> > >
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