Hello I don't think it is a big deal but I will chat with some people on the Rust side about this.
Cheers, Sylvestre (who managed the iceweasel/firefox thing) Le 27/06/2022 à 13:52, lkcl a écrit :
Package: rust-all Severity: serious Tags: upstream Justification: Policy 2.1 https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/rust-s-freedom-flaws/11533 https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2021/05/msg00006.html https://foundation.rust-lang.org/policies/logo-policy-and-media-guide/ this is an extremely serious situation that exposes debian to a greater level of risk that was undergone for the last Mozilla-Foundation Trademark fiasco, iceweasel Rust's Trademark requirements are that "you must seek our explicit permission before distributing patches". Uses that require explicit approval Distributing a **MODIFIED VERSION** of the Rust programming language or the Cargo package manager and calling it Rust or Cargo requires explicit, written permission from the Rust core team. there are dozens of such patches and every single one of them, unless explicit permission has been sought, is a DIRECT Trademark violation https://sources.debian.org/patches/rustc/1.36.0+dfsg1-2/ the over-ride of the Trademark on "Free" software is Lawful and in this case makes rust (and cargo) non-free software. unlike the Iceweasel debacle, the linux kernel is upstream merging rust, potentially making the entire linux kernel critically dependent on a non-free compiler. there is the additional issue that although Debian might seek and be granted explicit permission for a Trademark License Grant to Distribute, that does not cover Derivatives, which would also need to explicitly seek their own permission https://www.debian.org/derivatives/ https://devuan.org this has been discussed that DFSG Guideline 8 is violated by even attempting to seek a License specific to Debian https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-legal@lists.debian.org/msg45464.html this is an extremely serious situation that either requires pulling rust and cargo from debian or a rename of both rust and cargo exactly as was done with iceweasel. failure to do so is also extremely serious because Unlawful Distribution may still be considered grounds for financial compensation as well as a Legal Notice to Cease and Desist, and also to remove all public and private use of the Trademark from all Records. mailing lists, bugtracker, debian archives - everything. this one cannot be ignored. -- System Information: _______________________________________________ Pkg-rust-maintainers mailing list pkg-rust-maintain...@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-rust-maintainers
