Source: libav Version: 6:9.1-1 Severity: important Hello again, while trying to improve [1] a comment at the beginning of the debian/copyright file, it became apparent [2] that all the binary packages built from libav are effectively under GPL-2+ or even under GPL-3+ (as for libavcodec-extra-*, but also for the ones that link with it).
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/694657#85 [2] http://bugs.debian.org/694657#100 As explained in my reply [3], I think that this situation is not clear at all, for people who just read the debian/copyright file and/or look at the binary package long descriptions! [3] http://bugs.debian.org/694657#105 Without intimate knowledge of the libav package build process, one may wrongly think that those GPL-licensed files only end up into the binary packages named after the directories where they live... Without digging into all the dependencies, one may fail to notice all the cross linking among the binary packages built from libav... I think that the effective licensing status of the binary packages (GPL-2+ or GPL-3+) should be explicitly and clearly documented in the comment at the beginning of the debian/copyright file and, probably, in the binary package long descriptions, as well. I really hope you are going to clarify this situation. Thanks for your time! Bye. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
