Your message dated Mon, 09 May 2016 17:56:43 +0000 with message-id <e1azpqb-00034w...@franck.debian.org> and subject line Bug#817938: Removed package(s) from unstable has caused the Debian Bug report #741303, regarding libfeel++1: libfeelpp.so.1.0.0 links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: libfeel++1 Version: 1:0.95.0-final-2 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.3 User: debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org Usertags: scotch-license-issues Hello, the library /usr/lib/libfeelpp.so.1.0.0 links with: => libumfpack.so.5.6.2, which is under the GNU GPL v2 or later => libcholmod.so.2.1.2, which has parts under the GNU GPL v2 or later => libptscotch-5.1.so and libptscotcherr-5.1.so, which are released under the GPL-incompatible terms of the CeCILL-C v1.0 license => libpetsc.so.3.4.2 and libslepc.so.3.4.2, which, though not being under strong copyleft or under copyleft at all, link, in their turn, with the above three libraries... => libglpk.so.36, which is under the GNU GPL v3 or later => libgmsh.so.2, which is under the GNU GPL v2 or later (with some exceptions, but not regarding SCOTCH or CeCILL-C) This seems to mean that package libfeel++1 includes a file which links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries. Please refer to the similar bug #740463 for some further details about the SCOTCH licensing issues. I have also noticed that package feel++-apps includes several files which link with the above mentioned combination of libraries. I think the possible solutions to the issue for feel++ are, in descending order of desirability: (A) SCOTCH copyright holders should be contacted and persuaded to re-license (or dual-license) it under GPLv2-or-later-compatible terms (B) SCOTCH should be substituted with a GPLv2-or-later-compatible replacement, if any is available (METIS seems to be at least GPLv3-or-later-compatible, see https://bugs.debian.org/740463#15 ) (C) GPL-licensed library (such as UMFPACK and CHOLMOD, GLPK, Gmsh) copyright holders should be asked to relax the copyleft (for instance by switching to the LGPL v2.1) or add license exceptions that give permission to link their works with code released under CeCILL-C v1.0 As said in other bug reports, the best solution is (A): I am thus renewing my call for help to push in the direction of {re|dual}-licensing SCOTCH under the GNU LGPL v2.1: please see https://bugs.debian.org/740463#5 for the full story. Thanks for your time!
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 1:0.101.1-1+rm Dear submitter, as the package feel++ has just been removed from the Debian archive unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry that we couldn't deal with your issue properly. For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/817938 The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/. This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Scott Kitterman (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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