Quoting Andreas Cadhalpun (2014-11-26 22:53:57) > On 23.11.2014 20:03, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> If you stumble across a license violation in Debian - be it in >> experimental, backports, freeze or oldstable - file a very severe >> bugreport about it. Yes, so severe that the issue *must* be dealt >> with, and if by no othere means then by removing the package from >> Debian. >> >> You need not do analysis across the whole distribution - if you find >> a single violation then report that single violation. Others might >> then look at that single violation and consider "hmm, I wonder if >> there's a pattern to this...". >> >> In this thread we are discussing how we can ease avoidance of this >> kind of violation, but consequence of us not easing it do not mean >> other package maintainers need not care, but that they have a larger >> burden caring more manually. > > As I understand this particular case, Debian doesn't violate the > license direc. It would only be violated if a Debian user distributed > one of the GPL v2 programs using the GPL v3 libavcodec-extra.
From Debian Policy §2.2.1: > Every package in _main_ must comply with the DFSG (Debian Free > Software Guidelines). From Debian Free Software Guidelines §3: > The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow > them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the > original software. > Therefore I don't consider this problem currently as release-critical. > That would be different, if libavcodec-extra was the default. I strongly believe that you are mistaken. Please do try to elaborate if you still, based on above, think Debian need not care. > If you are interested in fixing license issues, feel free to take care > of removing the non-distributable image tests/lena.pnm [1] from the > libav source package. > 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lenna.png#Licensing Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I am very surprised you do not want to report that bug yourself. I will now do that. Regards, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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