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and subject line Bug#618696: fixed in elmerfem 5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #618696,
regarding elmer: multiple licensing issues
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Package: elmer
Version: 5.5.0.svn.4499.dfsg-1
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.2.1
Hello again Debian Science Maintainers,
thanks for maintaining elmer in Debian.
This package is released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later,
but it also incorporates file elmergrid/acx_metis.m4, which is
released under the terms of the QPL v1.0
This seems to cause a first licensing issue, for two reasons.
Reason (I) is that the QPL v1.0 fails to meet the DFSG, in my (and
other people's) opinion: please see some (long) threads [1][2] on
debian-legal and, for instance, package libcwd, which was moved to
non-free because of the QPL [3].
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/07/msg00157.html
[2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/07/msg00339.html
[3] http://bugs.debian.org/251983
Please note that package ocaml is in main, since it is licensed under
a modified QPL, without the choice of venue clause and with an
additional permission to ignore clause 6c [4].
[4] see ocaml changelog entry for version 3.08.1-1
Reason (II) is that, even for people who disagree on the non-freeness
of the QPL, the QPL is clearly GPL-incompatible: as a consequence,
I would say that the binary package including elmergrid is currently
undistributable, as this is released under the GPL (v2 or later)
and incorporates a GPL-incompatible file.
I think the possible solutions are:
(1A) elmergrid/acx_metis.m4 should be replaced by a GPL-compatible
equivalent, if any is available.
(1B) elmergrid/acx_metis.m4 copyright holders should be contacted
and persuaded to re-license (or dual-license) the file under
GPL-compatible terms.
A second licensing issue seems to be caused by ElmerGUI, which links
with libopencascade-*-6.3.0, which is released under the terms of the
(GPL-incompatible) OCTPL v6.3: this problem is partially similar to
bug #617613 [5].
[5] http://bugs.debian.org/617613
It's true that ElmerGUI has a license exception that gives permission
to link ElmerGUI with Open CASCADE v6.3 or later, but it seems that
ElmerGUI also links with libreadline6, which is released under the
terms of the GNU GPL v3 or later [6] (with no additional permissions),
and (possibly) with libumfpack5.4.0, which is released under the terms
of the GNU GPL v2 or later [7] (with no additional permissions).
[6]
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/r/readline6/readline6_6.1-3/libreadline6.copyright
[7]
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/suitesparse/suitesparse_3.4.0-2/libsuitesparse-dev.copyright
If it's true that ElmerGUI links with libreadline6 and/or with
libumfpack5.4.0, then I would say that elmer (the binary package)
is currently undistributable, as it links with both GPL-licensed
libraries and a GPL-incompatible one.
The possible solutions I can think of, in descending order of
desirability, are:
(2A) Open CASCADE S.A.S. should be contacted and persuaded to
re-license Open CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-and-v3-compatible terms.
(2B) Open CASCADE Technology should be substituted with a
GPLv2-and-v3-compatible replacement, if any is available.
(2C) libreadline and/or UMFPACK copyright holders should be asked to
add a license exception that gives permission to link their library with
code released under the OCTPL.
As explained in bug #617613 [5], I am trying hard to achieve
solution (2A), but I need help in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S. to
switch to the GNU LGPL v2.1, so, once again, please join me in this
persuasion effort!
Thanks for any help you can provide.
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: elmerfem
Source-Version: 5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
elmerfem, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
elmer-common_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1_all.deb
to main/e/elmerfem/elmer-common_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1_all.deb
elmer-dbg_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
to main/e/elmerfem/elmer-dbg_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
elmer_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
to main/e/elmerfem/elmer_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
elmerfem_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1.debian.tar.gz
to main/e/elmerfem/elmerfem_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1.debian.tar.gz
elmerfem_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1.dsc
to main/e/elmerfem/elmerfem_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1.dsc
elmerfem_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg.orig.tar.gz
to main/e/elmerfem/elmerfem_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg.orig.tar.gz
libelmer-dev_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
to main/e/elmerfem/libelmer-dev_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
libelmersolver-6.1_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
to main/e/elmerfem/libelmersolver-6.1_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
libelmersolver-dbg_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
to main/e/elmerfem/libelmersolver-dbg_5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1_amd64.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 618...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
"Adam C. Powell, IV" <hazel...@debian.org> (supplier of updated elmerfem
package)
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Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 07:25:17 -0400
Source: elmerfem
Binary: elmer elmer-dbg elmer-common libelmersolver-6.1 libelmersolver-dbg
libelmer-dev
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers
<debian-science-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: "Adam C. Powell, IV" <hazel...@debian.org>
Description:
elmer - finite element multiphysics suite - binaries
elmer-common - finite element multiphysics suite - architecture-independent
file
elmer-dbg - finite element multiphysics suite - debugging symbols
libelmer-dev - finite element multiphysics suite - development files
libelmersolver-6.1 - finite element multiphysics suite - library
libelmersolver-dbg - finite element multiphysics suite - library debugging
symbols
Closes: 618696
Changes:
elmerfem (5.5.0.svn.5210.dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* New upstream revision.
* Copyright file elmergrid/LICENSE includes a linking exception for Scotch
(closes: #618696).
* Removed file elmergrid/acx_metis.m4 .
* Updated debian/copyright file to reflect these changes.
* Patched fem/acx_elmer.m4 to set revision for diagnostics.
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