[Mageia-dev] stardict 3.0.3

Mon Jan 30 22:31:28 CET 2012

+> I keep updating URLs and SOURCEs - the initial bug-request was there 
+> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3035 (I have reviewed 
+> initially 2,500 source-packages).
+1) stardict does not appear in the list
+2) why maintainers are not been contacted for all those problems ?
+
+
+> So what do you think about the future of StarDICT? I was looking at 
+> the projects and I'm a little bit affraid of the licenses and patents. 
+> For example GoldenDict is said to support Babylon - and this can be 
+> problematic with patents.
+>
+For me StarDict is a dead project and I was looking for a successor.
+There is no information on the "copyright infringement" and the tarball 
+that can be downloaded on the new site are exactly the same as the old 
+ones !
+So the first possibility is: there was truly a copyright problem and 
+there is still (this may be proved in the future if the copyright owner 
+ask to close again the project) ; second possibility: there was no 
+copyright problem (but a more obscure one), but, still, the project is 
+not very active.
+
+So if GoldenDict present, at this time, no license or patent problem and 
+is actively developed : it can be a better choice.
+Import freeze for mageia 2 will be in march, so I think we have a little 
+time to think about it to choose the best solution for mageia 2 and test 
+it (bugs...) before release.
+Let's take the week for discussion.
+
+> you reviewed the dicts if they are legally used?
+I checked for almost all dict : they are GPL or "Creative Commons 
+Attribution-ShareAlike Licence (V3.0)". Just 1 as to be modified 
+(quick-deu-eng) or simply removed. I'll do that in the week.
+I think url information may not be good, but I did not see the point of 
+rebuilding 200 packages just for that (taking into account the fact that 
+dictionaries are not code : they do not evolve).
+
+Claire
+