[update] On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 22:27, Nilesh Patra <npatra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >>> >>> Also, another question: This package has a MPL-2.0 license and AFAIK, >>> MPL is a restrictive Free software license, so does this qualify for adding >>> in a "Built-Using" field? >>> >> >> Re-reading https://wiki.debian.org/SIMDEverywhere#Approach item 6, we >> see >> "if the source package requires the full source code be available" >> >> Does the MPL have this requirement? >> > > I skimmed through /usr/share/common-licenses/MPL-2.0 but admittedly, it is > still not very clear to me. From what I read, it looks like the answer is > yes for this question, but I'm not completely confident about it. > Do you think we should ask debian-legal? - This seems like the last > blocker for an upload now > I asked around, and I got an ACK that MPL-2.0 qualifies this criterion. But... just a quick question - are there code copies of simde that are being included in the target source package? Or is it _somehow_statically linked? Since according to policy we use Built-Using only in these situations. I'm not fully certain about it Could you please let me know? Thanks and regards Nilesh
