Romain Francoise wrote: > Package: jftpgw > Version: 0.13.5-1 > Severity: serious > > The jftpgw package currently distributed in Debian has two license > problems: > > 1. The source contains a file named snprintf.c that doesn't contain any > copyright notice or license header. It appears to be copied verbatim > from the Mutt distribution, which it itself under the GPL, so it may > be a non-issue, but I think a clarification could be useful. > > (Moreover, I think the libc functions could be used instead.) Should be used instead. Unless snprintf.c is functionally different from the libc version, it's just a waste of space for Debian.
> 2. The source contains a file named rel2abs.c under the 4-clause BSD > license (copied here in full): > <snip> > Clause #3 (advertising clause) is not compatible with the GNU GPL > under which the rest of the program is distributed, hence making the > whole thing impossible to distribute. Please ask the original author > to relicense the file under a 3-clause BSD license, Or 2-clause BSD. (For that, drop clause 3 *and* drop clause 4, which is redundant with the 'right of publicity' in all known jurisdictions). > or replace the > offending code with replacements under a compatible license. > > Both files provide functions used elsewhere in the program and don't > constitute mere source aggregation. > > CC'ing upstream author and debian-legal for comments. Your analysis is correct. :-) -- There are none so blind as those who will not see.
