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looking at the current homepage of DXPC, the following can be found in their changelog http://www.vigor.nu/dxpc/CHANGES: 3.8.1 Release: [...] Changed license to BSD license. - -Stefan Am 11.05.2015 um 11:07 schrieb Mike Gabriel: > Hi Francesco, Cc:ing a couple of people/groups being affected by > the below. > > On Mi 06 Mai 2015 19:35:32 CEST, Francesco Poli (wintermute) > wrote: > >> Package: nx-libs-lite Version: 3.5.0.27-1 Severity: serious >> Justification: Policy 2.2.1 >> >> Hello and thanks for maintaining this package in Debian! >> >> I noticed that the debian/copyright states: >> >> [...] | Parts of this software are derived from DXPC project. >> These copyright | notices apply to original DXPC code: | | >> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted >> provided | that the above copyright notice and this paragraph >> are duplicated in all | such forms. | | THIS SOFTWARE IS >> PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED | >> WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES >> OF | MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. | | >> Copyright (c) 1995,1996 Brian Pane | Copyright (c) 1996,1997 >> Zachary Vonler and Brian Pane | Copyright (c) 1999 Kevin Vigor >> and Brian Pane | Copyright (c) 2000,2001 Gian Filippo Pinzari >> and Brian Pane [...] >> >> This license lacks the permission to modify the DXPC code. Hence, >> the original DXPC code does not appear to comply with the DFSG. >> And the nx-libs-lite is in part derived from DXPC code. >> >> This basically means that nx-libs-lite includes parts which are >> non-free (as they are derived from non-modifiable code) and are >> also possibly legally undistributable (as they are >> non-modifiable, but actually modified). The combination with the >> rest of nx-libs-lite (which is GPL-licensed) may also be legally >> undistributable (since the license with no permission to modify >> is GPL-incompatible). >> >> >> If there's anything I misunderstood, please clarify. >> >> Otherwise, please address this issue as soon as possible. The >> copyright owners for the original DXPC code should be contacted >> and persuaded to re-license under GPL-compatible terms. >> >> Thanks for your time. Bye. > > I/we will investigate this asap. Thanks for bringing this up. > > Greets, Mike > > > _______________________________________________ x2go-dev mailing > list x2go-...@lists.x2go.org > http://lists.x2go.org/listinfo/x2go-dev > - -- BAUR-ITCS UG (haftungsbeschränkt) Geschäftsführer: Stefan Baur Eichenäckerweg 10, 89081 Ulm | Registergericht Ulm, HRB 724364 Fon/Fax 0731 40 34 66-36/-35 | USt-IdNr.: DE268653243 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJVUHRuAAoJEG7d9BjNvlEZsCYH/i0GArfIg0xNQ91srhMtMxVf NcaQ5uOJLLZ+e0WOcRMm5Kprg9f6uKQNFRo1dv9NCFNxjrpdR/5/LMmeSYxafIQA beoYbnuMMRBvcjoUN5ScGD/jjng/9VCiwviBVjUc6AhDebGjVone2OtaIXPoMELI ClKnDShC41qQpSUgEESUYHiIIptkkmSrIJS6Ostsby5rhT1mApv7ulBqVvADUKCX OtNZmG+O6Bvur63G2fBTrdQwZAed0+Q6/XlhfOkf5QNG4I9fd5KlrMDpSmO8w7Cm h4rVnveLS5+0afZXs9sImhNW4I7Ah8zh5sAUFNCGXEuO60XRRysUO4i1WjRgnZw= =sgsA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
