• Bug#1061241: endless-sky: debian/copyright still incomplete

    From Plasma (David Paul)@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 10 08:50:02 2025
    Control: found -1 endless-sky/0.10.10-1
    Control: reopen -1

    As much as I'd like to see a new release of endless-sky get into Debian
    stable, the debian/copyright file in the 0.10.10-1 version of the
    package remains incomplete. The debian/copyright file needs to be
    modified by reconciling its contents with the upstream project's
    top-level copyright file.

    One major complication exists in that several image files in the source
    tree are documented in the top-level copyright file as being subject to
    the Unsplash license, a DFSG-incompatible license. In some cases it may
    be possible to simply exclude these DFSG-incompatible files using a Files-Excluded header[1][2] in the debian/copyright file.

    [1]https://wiki.debian.org/UscanEnhancements#Files-Excluded_field_in_debian.2Fcopyright
    [2]https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/ch08.en.html#files-excluded

    Long term it would be best to work with upstream to replace DFSG-incompatibly-licensed files with compatibly-licensed replacements.

    I'm working on updating the debian/copyright file locally, but I have
    my doubts I'll be able to finish it by the Trixie soft-freeze next
    week. If anyone would like to collaborate on this, please reach out and
    I'll be happy the share my work-in-progress.

    --
    Plasma
    (plasma41 on Libera Chat and OFTC)

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)