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Re: [PATCH] gnu: sdcv: Add new variable.
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: [PATCH] gnu: sdcv: Add new variable. |
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Thu, 19 Mar 2015 17:02:05 +0100 |
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Tomáš Čech <address@hidden> skribis:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 02:28:25PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>>Tomáš Čech <address@hidden> skribis:
[...]
>>And at <http://sdcv.sourceforge.net/>, sdvc describes itself as the
>>“console version of [the] StarDict program”, which is not
>>confidence-inspiring. Some files such as dictziplib.cpp do indeed seem
>>to come from StarDict.
>
> I wasn't afraid before but now it works as FUD from the sf.net side
> because the lack of information available.
>
>>Could you check if you can find more information? It’s in Debian and
>>not on <http://libreplanet.org/wiki/NONFSDG>, which is encouraging.
>
>
> The file you mentioned looks like from stardict project, but was
> originally taken from dictd-1.9.7 as it states and during it's history
> it always had GPL license (started with GPL1).
Good.
> But there are also similarities between
> stardict-3.0.4/dict/src/lib/mapfile.h
> and
> sdcv-0.5.0-beta4-Source/src/mapfile.hpp
>
> and that is missing license in sdcv completely.
>
> Further - distance.cpp (GPL) and distance.hpp (no license in header)
> are probably related among projects.
OK.
> Lets scratch it whole, I'm not laywer.
>
> When there is webkit package, I may give a try to GoldenDict.
GNU Dico and the original dictd projects seem to provide comparable
replacements. Would these fulfill the same use cases?
If the answer is yes, then indeed, let’s remove sdcv and add these
instead. If the answer is no, it may be best to get advice from
address@hidden
Thanks for investigating!
Ludo’.