python312Packages.pynose: drop due to licensing issues#325669
python312Packages.pynose: drop due to licensing issues#325669mweinelt merged 46 commits intoNixOS:masterfrom
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Thanks for this hard work! Offhand, I don't see any issues. However, there may be a bigger problem; in this Mastodon thread many folks are bringing together a lot of evidence that multiple Python packages uploaded by this maintainer are improperly licensed. I'm not sure where to take this next; perhaps it needs to come up in Discourse. While this PR should be merged when it's ready, we may need a more systemic response as well. |
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1807 rebuilds per target across 47 commits is not too bad. |
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For reference, this PR took a bit different approach: |
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It was apparently unused.
Co-Authored-By: Mauricio Collares <[email protected]>
The pynose package violates the license of nose, which is distributed under the LGPL license, by redistributing its code under the MIT license.
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FYI: The license of |
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Yeah, maybe. But the lost trust needs to be restored, before I'll consider allowing it back in. Right now #325935 looks more interesting to me. |
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Thank you, @mweinelt |
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Yes, I also want to thank you @mweinelt. This was a fast and professional cleansing. |
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One more "thank you @mweinelt" for the prompt response. The upstream response to the licensing issue is simply atrocious. |
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mdmintz/pynose#16
#311054
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