Debian Bug report logs - #789374
missing license in debian/copyright

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thorsten Alteholz <alteholz@debian.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: missing license in debian/copyright

Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 14:27:15 +0200 (CEST)

Package: freeciv
Version: 2.5.0-2
Severity: serious
User: alteholz@debian.org
Usertags: ftp
X-Debbugs-CC: ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org
thanks

Dear Maintainer,

data/flags/sikkim.svg seems to be licensed under CC 2.0 which is 
incompatible with DFSG. Please remove this file from the source tarball.

data/flags/saxony.svg is licensed under CC 3.0. Please mention this in 
your debian/copyright.

Thanks!
  Thorsten

Message #10 received at 789374@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Markus Koschany <apo@gambaru.de>

To: 789374@bugs.debian.org, Marko Lindqvist <cazfi74@gmail.com>

Cc: Jacob Nevins <jacobn+debian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

Subject: Re: Bug#789374: missing license in debian/copyright

Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 14:51:41 +0200

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On Sat, 20. Jun 14:27 Thorsten Alteholz <alteholz@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: freeciv
> Version: 2.5.0-2
> Severity: serious
> User: alteholz@debian.org
> Usertags: ftp
> X-Debbugs-CC: ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org
> thanks
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> data/flags/sikkim.svg seems to be licensed under CC 2.0 which is
> incompatible with DFSG. Please remove this file from the source tarball.
>
> data/flags/saxony.svg is licensed under CC 3.0. Please mention this in your
> debian/copyright.

Hello,

what do you think about this bug report? According to the license they
are GPL-2+ but the svg metadata claims something different.

Regards,

Markus

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Message #15 received at 789374@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jacob Nevins <jacobn+debian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

To: Markus Koschany <apo@gambaru.de>

Cc: 789374@bugs.debian.org, freeciv-dev@gna.org

Subject: Re: [Debian] Bug#789374: missing license in debian/copyright [sikkim.svg/saxony.svg]

Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 14:35:50 +0100

Markus Koschany writes (in Debian BTS and to Marko/myself):
> what do you think about this bug report? According to the license they
> are GPL-2+ but the svg metadata claims something different.

> On Sat, 20. Jun 14:27 Thorsten Alteholz <alteholz@debian.org> wrote:
>> data/flags/sikkim.svg seems to be licensed under CC 2.0 which is
>> incompatible with DFSG. Please remove this file from the source tarball.

This was originally added to Freeciv upstream in
<http://gna.org/patch/?2011>.
Flag is described as "PD image" in that ticket, but the version of
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sikkim_monarchy.svg>
that was current at the time appears to have had a tag
{{self|cc-by-sa-2.5}}. This isn't quite the same as what the SVG
metadata claims, I think; don't know if that makes any difference.

The current version on Commons is described as "This file is ineligible
for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists
entirely of information that is common property and contains no original
authorship." So we could use that instead?

>> data/flags/saxony.svg is licensed under CC 3.0. Please mention this in your
>> debian/copyright.

This was added upstream under <http://gna.org/patch/?2205>.
The then-current version of the Commons file
<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banner_of_Saxony_(1%5E1).svg>
was described as "Permission=Own work, all rights released (Public
domain)". The current version is described as being in the public domain
for various being-a-state-symbol sorts of reasons.

If so, it looks like the embedded licence metadata for this file is in
error.

Message #20 received at 789374@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Markus Koschany <apo@gambaru.de>

To: Jacob Nevins <jacobn+debian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

Cc: 789374@bugs.debian.org, freeciv-dev@gna.org

Subject: Re: [Debian] Bug#789374: missing license in debian/copyright [sikkim.svg/saxony.svg]

Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 17:50:19 +0200

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Am 21.06.2015 um 15:35 schrieb Jacob Nevins:
> Markus Koschany writes (in Debian BTS and to Marko/myself):
>> what do you think about this bug report? According to the license they
>> are GPL-2+ but the svg metadata claims something different.
> 
>> On Sat, 20. Jun 14:27 Thorsten Alteholz <alteholz@debian.org> wrote:
>>> data/flags/sikkim.svg seems to be licensed under CC 2.0 which is
>>> incompatible with DFSG. Please remove this file from the source tarball.
> 
> This was originally added to Freeciv upstream in
> <http://gna.org/patch/?2011>.
> Flag is described as "PD image" in that ticket, but the version of
> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sikkim_monarchy.svg>
> that was current at the time appears to have had a tag
> {{self|cc-by-sa-2.5}}. This isn't quite the same as what the SVG
> metadata claims, I think; don't know if that makes any difference.
> 
> The current version on Commons is described as "This file is ineligible
> for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists
> entirely of information that is common property and contains no original
> authorship." So we could use that instead?

Yes. I suggest to clarify in the svg metadata that the file is in the
public domain because it is below the threshold of originality. Debian
considers all versions of CC-BY-SA before version 3 to be incompatible
with the DFSG but public domain is fine of course.

>>> data/flags/saxony.svg is licensed under CC 3.0. Please mention this in your
>>> debian/copyright.
> 
> This was added upstream under <http://gna.org/patch/?2205>.
> The then-current version of the Commons file
> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banner_of_Saxony_(1%5E1).svg>
> was described as "Permission=Own work, all rights released (Public
> domain)". The current version is described as being in the public domain
> for various being-a-state-symbol sorts of reasons.
> 
> If so, it looks like the embedded licence metadata for this file is in
> error.

Ok. Here I would also suggest to clarify / change the metadata. I will
document in debian/copyright that both files were granted to the public
domain and close this bug report.

Is it necessary to file an extra upstream bug report for this issue? Do
you want me to file it or do you prefer to take care of this yourself?

Regards,

Markus

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Message #25 received at 789374-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Markus Koschany <apo@gambaru.de>

To: 789374-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#789374: fixed in freeciv 2.5.0-3

Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:20:35 +0000

Source: freeciv
Source-Version: 2.5.0-3

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
freeciv, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 789374@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Markus Koschany <apo@gambaru.de> (supplier of updated freeciv package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:36:08 +0200
Source: freeciv
Binary: freeciv freeciv-client-extras freeciv-client-gtk freeciv-client-qt freeciv-client-sdl freeciv-data freeciv-server freeciv-sound-standard
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 2.5.0-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Markus Koschany <apo@gambaru.de>
Description:
 freeciv    - Civilization turn based strategy game
 freeciv-client-extras - Civilization turn based strategy game (miscellaneous extras)
 freeciv-client-gtk - Civilization turn based strategy game (GTK+ client)
 freeciv-client-qt - Civilization turn based strategy game (Qt client)
 freeciv-client-sdl - Civilization turn based strategy game (SDL client)
 freeciv-data - Civilization turn based strategy game (game data)
 freeciv-server - Civilization turn based strategy game (server files)
 freeciv-sound-standard - Civilization turn based strategy game (standard sound pack)
Closes: 784019 789374
Changes:
 freeciv (2.5.0-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Upload to unstable.
   * Revert "Remove libbz2-dev from Build-Depends." (Closes: #784019)
     This reverts commit d08b1ffb38e0b998c277999dca1561da9263faea.
   * debian/copyright: Add clarification for sikkim.svg and saxony.svg images.
     These files are ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain
     because they consist entirely of information that are common property and
     contain no original authorship. The copyright information in the svg
     metadata is therefore wrong and will be corrected in a future upstream
     release.
     Thanks to Thorsten Alteholz for the report. (Closes: #789374)
   * Install freeciv wrapper script into freeciv metapackage.
     Provide a wrapper script to launch the recommended game client with the
     freeciv command.
   * Symlink freeciv-client man page into freeciv metapackage.
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