Thanks Mike. I will add a notice here[1]. [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Software%20that%20can't%20be%20packaged
Regards, Eriberto 2016-07-10 15:15 GMT-03:00 Mike Gabriel <mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de>: > Control: close -1 > Control: tags -1 wontfix > > Hi Eriberto, > > On So 10 Jul 2016 00:05:12 CEST, Eriberto Mota wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> What is the current status of this package? >> >> Regards, >> >> Eriberto > > > Unfortunately, the ftp master team rejected the upload due to the dodgy > license history of Veracrypt / Truecrypt: > > On Fr 08 Jul 2016 02:00:09 CEST, Thorsten Alteholz wrote: > >> Hi Mike, >> >> unfortunately I have to reject your package. >> According to [1] "(...)TrueCrypt seems to be reserving the right to sue >> any licensee for copyright infringement, no matter whether they comply >> with the conditions of the license or not. Based on this, our counsel >> advised that above and beyond being non-free, software under this >> license is not safe to use. (...)" >> >> So as Veracrypt is basically licensed with the TrueCrypt license, I think >> it is better for Debian to not distribute such software, even in non-free. >> >> Thorsten > > > Thus closing this ITP and tagging as "won't fix". Unfortunately... > > Mike > > > [1] > https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/distributions/2008-October/000276.html > > -- > > DAS-NETZWERKTEAM > mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby > mobile: +49 (1520) 1976 148 > landline: +49 (4354) 8390 139 > > GnuPG Fingerprint: 9BFB AEE8 6C0A A5FF BF22 0782 9AF4 6B30 2577 1B31 > mail: mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de >
