Hi,
For some reason we have one non-oss package in our oss repo and this needs to be fixed - so I would like to drop openmotif from oss and move it (and it's dependencies).
To quote from http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/faq.html: The Open Group Public License for Motif grants rights only to use the software on or with operating systems that are themselves Open Source programs. In restricting the applicability of the license to Open Source platforms this does not meet term 8 of the Open Software Definition (http://www.opensource.org/osd.html).
Now the FAQ also claims they will make an open source release rather soon, but that document was updated last 2004 - and I don't think we will see a lot of new motif software in openSUSE in the future.
Right now we have this list of packages that buildrequires openmotif:
ddd dx libGLw MesaGLw mfsm mgdiff TeX-Guy timidity vtk xawtv xgrabsc xibod xmgrace xmoontool xpdf-poppler yudit
7 of those are on DVD and would be removed from it - and move to non-oss addon:
ddd MesaGLw TeX-Guy timidity xawtv xpdf-poppler yudit
Greetings, Stephan
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Hi; On 05/10/2012 11:52 AM, Stephan Kulow wrote:
Hi,
For some reason we have one non-oss package in our oss repo and this needs to be fixed - so I would like to drop openmotif from oss and move it (and it's dependencies).
To quote from http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/faq.html: The Open Group Public License for Motif grants rights only to use the software on or with operating systems that are themselves Open Source programs. In restricting the applicability of the license to Open Source platforms this does not meet term 8 of the Open Software Definition (http://www.opensource.org/osd.html).
Now the FAQ also claims they will make an open source release rather soon, but that document was updated last 2004 - and I don't think we will see a lot of new motif software in openSUSE in the future.
Right now we have this list of packages that buildrequires openmotif:
vtk
Fixed in SR# 120590
Regards.
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Hi,
Sorry my late question. What is the policy about OBS repos? Now my eso-midas package in `science` repo is unresolvable for 12.2 and Factory. The package really (build-)depends on openmotif.
There are three options, I suppose:
1) to disable the package for 12.2 and Factory and leave users without the software (which is under GPL but depends on nonfree openmotif)
2) to link/agregate openmotif(-devel) to science repo (?)
3) to add path openSUSE:12.2:NonFree to meta of `science` (as far as I know we can't add exclusive path to specific package, only to whole repo)
Anyway, what have I to do?
On 10 мая 2012 11:52:49 Stephan Kulow wrote:
Hi,
For some reason we have one non-oss package in our oss repo and this needs to be fixed - so I would like to drop openmotif from oss and move it (and it's dependencies).
To quote from http://www.opengroup.org/openmotif/faq.html: The Open Group Public License for Motif grants rights only to use the software on or with operating systems that are themselves Open Source programs. In restricting the applicability of the license to Open Source platforms this does not meet term 8 of the Open Software Definition (http://www.opensource.org/osd.html).
Now the FAQ also claims they will make an open source release rather soon, but that document was updated last 2004 - and I don't think we will see a lot of new motif software in openSUSE in the future.
Right now we have this list of packages that buildrequires openmotif:
Am 16.07.2012 18:45, schrieb Matwey V. Kornilov:
Hi,
Sorry my late question. What is the policy about OBS repos? Now my eso-midas package in `science` repo is unresolvable for 12.2 and Factory. The package really (build-)depends on openmotif.
There are three options, I suppose:
- to disable the package for 12.2 and Factory and leave users without the
software (which is under GPL but depends on nonfree openmotif)
to link/agregate openmotif(-devel) to science repo (?)
to add path openSUSE:12.2:NonFree to meta of `science` (as far as I know we
can't add exclusive path to specific package, only to whole repo)
Option 3 is perfectly ok.
Greetings, Stephan
One more related question:
I can't find openmotif (even though the buildservice says it built and published) on http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/non-oss/
Is this some error? Unfortunately I need to use the citrix receiver sometimes and this beast needs openmotif...
Cheers, seife
On 16.07.2012 20:12, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
One more related question:
I can't find openmotif (even though the buildservice says it built and published) on http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/non-oss/
Is this some error? Unfortunately I need to use the citrix receiver sometimes and this beast needs openmotif...
Interesting question, I need to dig into this.
Greetings, Stephan
If so, Matthias could you please do that? i.e. add the path to science meta.
2012/7/16 Stephan Kulow coolo@suse.de:
- to add path openSUSE:12.2:NonFree to meta of `science` (as far as I
know we can't add exclusive path to specific package, only to whole repo)
Option 3 is perfectly ok.
Greetings, Stephan
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