Dear Debian-legal team, On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Francesco Poli (wintermute) <invernom...@paranoici.org> wrote: > Package: gpick > Version: 0.2.5-2 > Severity: serious > Justification: Policy 2.2.1 > > > Hello and thanks for maintaining this little tool in Debian! > > I noticed that the license for file share/gpick/colors.txt fails > to meet the DFSG, as it includes at least one non-free restriction. > Clause 5 states: > > | 5. These RGB colour formulations may not be used to the detriment of > | Resene Paints Ltd. > > This is a non-free restriction on use, which does not comply with > DFSG#6 (No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor). > > This file is therefore unfit for the main Debian archive. > > Possible solutions I can think of: > > A) get in touch with the colors.txt copyright holders (Resene Paints > Ltd.) and persuade them to drop the troublesome clause or, even > better, to re-license the file under well-known and widely used > DFSG-free terms (such as, for instance, the 3-clause BSD license > adopted by the rest of gpick) > > B) find a DFSG-free replacement for share/gpick/colors.txt and use it > in stead of the non-free one > > C) drop share/gpick/colors.txt from the package, if possible > > D) move the gpick package to the non-free archive (I hope this will > *not* happen!) > > I hope solution A may be persued soon. > Solution B (or C) may be chosen as a temporary quick fix, while trying > to achieve solution A. >
Could you review this issue? This bug is reach the the old-stable version of gpick too. Best regards, Elías Alejandro
