I was browsing through http://bts.turmzimmer.net/list.html, and I note the following bugs due to non-DFSG-free or undistributable packages:
228085: airstrike -- unhelpful upstream, will probably need to be removed from sid 224913: gpsdrive 225537: hdate -- unhelpful upstream, maintainer has already requested removal from sid 229720: icecast2 227793: libpgeasy 229747: mirrormagic 210233: rocks-n-diamonds -- unhelpful upstream, QA has requested removal from sid 220054: smlnj -- no source! 211644: ssh -- this one was really close to being solved; more people need to bug Matthew Vernon about this. 223587: vcdimager -- sounds like it's basically fixed; I sent a nag 212766: vlc -- untouched since Sept. -- needs repackaging 225002: xephem -- star catalog is undistributable That's 12 packages with licensing problems. debian-legal: Can perhaps shed light on whether any of these are not licensing problems. :-) Also, how quickly should undistributable packages be removed from Debian? I'm tempted to file ftp.debian.org bugs *immediately* at *critical* severity, since these leave Debian nastily open to lawsuits. debian-qa: In most cases this is going to require removal of packages from sid. It may be appropriate to remove undistributable packages from sid even if they will be fixed "later". Appropriate nagging of the ftpmasters will be necessary, so get ready. debian-bugs: It would be... really nice to have some sort of tag or other way to filter for these licensing bugs. Perhaps "undistributable" and "non-free". Of course, such bugs shouldn't really be necessary, since undistributable stuff should be removed from the archive immediately, but.... -- Nathanael Nerode <neroden at gcc.gnu.org> http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html
