Re: [bug-gtypist] GTypist 2.9 package

[Daniel Leidert]

Am Freitag, den 18.11.2011, 21:43 +0100 schrieb Felix Natter:
> Daniel Leidert <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Am Montag, den 14.11.2011, 15:38 +0100 schrieb Felix Natter:
> >
> > [..]
> >> #220581 (gtypist: VIM syntax highlighting)
> >> => as of ~2000-2003, RMS does not allow/want us to include the        VIM 
> >> Syntax
> >> highlighting mode in the package. What is the debian policy on this,
> >> maybe we should include it in the debian package? Has licencing
> >> changed?
> 
> hello Daniel,
> 
> > What is the problem here? I did not find any information. Is there a
> > legal issue? Depending on the answer we can maybe distribute the script
> > with a separate source and binary package independent from gtypist. But
> > this depends on the specific issue.
> 
> I think it was related to this thread:
>   http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/01/msg00000.html
> 
> But now...:
>   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
> => the vim >= 6.1 licence is said to be GPL-compatible :-)

That's good to hear. But what was the problem distributing gtypist.vim
under the same license as vim (maybe dual licensed) in the past? This
file is not linked to gtypist and IMO there is/was no need to distribute
it under GPL only. Or did you made this explicit decision?

> => so I think we should add it to the package: I just committed it in
> git as tools/gtypist.vim. What remains to be done is to mention this in
> the manual, as suggested by Dmitry (I will do this tomorrow or Sunday).
> If necessary, we can make a 2.9.1 release (@Tim: what do you think?).

Ok. Then I need to check, how to install it on Debian.

Regards, Daniel