Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 74304
Include link to license of hyph_it_IT.dic
Last modified: 2010-05-28 18:42:21 UTC
hyph_it_IT.dic, as found in http://ftp.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/contrib/dictionaries/hyph_it_IT.zip is derived from a file licensed under the LPPL, but it violates at least paragraph 6d of the LPPL. Needed information: Either distribute the original file as well, or (better) name the file and the version of the file which the derived work is based on. The LPPL requests "Information that is sufficient to obtain a complete, unmodified copy of the Work." The LPPL can be found at http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
SBA: Confirming 21 sub-issues of issue 74283 at once. I believe that doko did the right thing and could/should have set the issues to NEW right after submitting (Just like all "CanConfirm rights owners" do when submitting issues) Thus I beieve that taking a second look at EACH of these files is not worth the effort. The state "Unconfirmed" is irritating queries used in daily QA work.
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This issue is no longer current: all the needed license changes have been applied by the original authors and applied. See issue 75287 for more information. You can proceed and close this issue.
no the actual licence text for the hyphenation.dic found in OOO320_m8 contains a LPPL violation I wrote a mail to the author of the adaptions to confirm some small changes in the license text as it is already done with http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=74290
We should share some more details maybe, but the fundamental reasoning flaw is in the original post: there is (as of now, late 2009) NOTHING derived from LPPL files in the Italian hyphenation patterns, because the author of the file originally licensed under LPPL accepted to relicense it under LGPL. This was done under guidance from the Italian N-L project. And, as I understand it, this closes the issue by removing the root cause. The file README_hyph_it_IT.txt in the shipped dict-it.oxt says "Based on the TeX hyphenation tables by Claudio Beccari". This is probably the file that you erroneously assume to be under LPPL. Look for it on CTAN then and see for yourself that it isn't licensed under LPPL any longer, but under LGPL. http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/language/hyphenation/ithyph.tex (in case links in issue 75287 do not work for you) So: no LPPL, no LPPL violation. I actually believe that http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=75287 explained it all, but I hope things are clear now. About your initiative of e-mailing authors, I would find more efficient to discuss this kind of issues in appropriate mailing list and to delegate the N-L leads, who might have better knowledge in some cases. Anyway, please CC the Italian N-L Project Leads listed in http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html for any communication you will have with authors: if we made something wrong, we would like to be informed about it. If you believe you are still right, of course we can continue our discussion, but I will need precise details since everything I was able to find so far confirms my opinion that this issue is obsolete and should just be closed.
as described in http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=75287 => http://tug.ctan.org/cgi-bin/ctanPackageInformation.py?id=ithyph there is no derived work from LPPL Also for TeX the license is LGPL I add the link to the origin licence declaration to the Readme file. so I think it documents better the right licening based on an unusual situation
Created attachment 66927 [details] new Readme-File
Created attachment 66928 [details] diff file against OOO320_m8
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fixed in cws cloph14
Taking ownership, setting target to OOO 3.2.1.
Copied new version of README_hyph_it_IT.txt to extension. Fixed in CWS dict321.
I see the changes in the *.oxt of the CWS dict321 @ precetti Please take care that the changes are also available in the Extension from http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/Dict_it_IT
The new version of the extension, same as the one found in OOo 3.2.1-RC1, is now available from http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/dict-it This is the extension the Italian N-L project has maintained since 2008. The extension Mechtilde indicated is probably equivalent, but it is not under our control. (also changed the issue title so that it reflects reality: the license has always been OK, it was simply not linked from the README file).
verified also in dict_It at the extensions site => closed