On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:44:47 +0200 Boris Pek wrote: > control: tags 698527 confirmed > control: found 698527 5.5.0.svn.4499.dfsg-1 > > Hi, > > This is really bad news for us.
Actually, this is really bad news for every Free Software supporter... And I am very sorry to be the bringer of bad news. > Bug also affects package in stable [1], > which cannot be fixed and should be removed from it. > > [1] http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/elmer I think that solution (A), as mentioned in my bug report, should really be pursued with much more vehemence and effort. I am in contact with Open CASCADE S.A.S. and I have been trying to persuade them to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under the GNU LGPL v2.1 since April 2009 (!). But I am *one* person only, and apparently, I am not persuasive enough: the decision keeps being postponed again and again. :-( I really need help from a good number of people who independently get in touch with Open CASCADE S.A.S. and push in the same direction: having Open CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-and-v3-compatible terms is getting more and more crucial, as time passes. *If* we managed to get a (public) promise that next version of Open CASCADE Technology will be re-licensed under GPLv2-and-v3-compatible terms, then we would *maybe* obtain a wheezy-ignore tag for this bug (as long as the OpenSSL linking is disabled or replaced). Unfortunately, we still have nothing of the kind: Open CASCADE S.A.S. acknowledges the GPL-incompatibility, but they have not yet decided whether they want to address this issue... :-( Please, please, help to solve this issue once and for all! I really want to avoid any solution that relies on package removals from Debian: this is why I have struggled since April 2009 in order to persuade Open CASCADE S.A.S. to re-license the Open CASCADE Technology framework under GPLv2-and-v3-compatible terms! I hope a satisfactory solution can be devised soon. I am really sick and tired of all the problems caused by the Open CASCADE GPL-incompatibility... :-( -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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