On 2025-02-13 at 01:28:54, Ryan Tandy wrote: > (CCing the git bug) > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 12:37:01AM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote: > > Since Git links against libcurl3t64-gnutls, it is now undistributable > > since it's GPLv2 and OpenSSL is incompatibly licensed. > > My understanding is that Debian now invokes the system library exception for > OpenSSL and no longer considers this a problem. > > https://meetbot.debian.net/debian-ftp/2020/debian-ftp.2020-03-13-20.02.html > > Other packages also consider it as having resolved their GPL issues, e.g. > <https://bugs.debian.org/924937>. > > I hope I haven't misunderstood. > > If you disagree with ftp-master about the system library exception, I have > to ask you to take that up with them, or the TC.
Unfortunately, I don't agree. I've contributed to a variety of GPLv2 software, including being a major copyright holder in Git, and I think the language of the license is very clear that Debian cannot take advantage of the system library exception due to co-distributing the GPLv2 software and OpenSSL, including on the same ISO images. This is also the historical Debian position and the position of several Debian contributors[0]. I think this is a serious license violation which definitely needs to be fixed before trixie. I'll address it with the ftp-masters. [0] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/11/msg00102.html and the following thread -- brian m. carlson (they/them or he/him) Toronto, Ontario, CA
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