Bug#871807: libsdl1.2debian links to incompatible licensed libs indirectly

2017-08-11 Thread Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
2017-08-12 0:38 GMT+02:00 Thomas Charron : > libsdl is an LGPL licensed library, *NOT* a GPL licensed library. An LGPL > library cannot be linked to a GPL library in the first place, to use your > words. I am not aware of any restriction on linking. The only effect is that the combined binary

Bug#871807: libsdl1.2debian links to incompatible licensed libs indirectly

2017-08-11 Thread Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
Hi, 2017-08-11 22:01 GMT+02:00 Thomas Charron : > So in the meantime, every application which has been used, as you pointed > out, for the last decade or two has been in violation of the GPL... > > I'm not trying to sound like a jerk here, but it's kind of an issue... > It's hidden by libcaca.

Bug#871807: libsdl1.2debian links to incompatible licensed libs indirectly

2017-08-11 Thread Thomas Charron
So in the meantime, every application which has been used, as you pointed out, for the last decade or two has been in violation of the GPL... I'm not trying to sound like a jerk here, but it's kind of an issue... It's hidden by libcaca. Thomas On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Manuel A. Fer

Bug#871807: libsdl1.2debian links to incompatible licensed libs indirectly

2017-08-11 Thread Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
Control: severity -1 wishlist Control: tags -1 + wontfix Hi, 2017-08-11 20:25 GMT+02:00 Thomas Charron : > > Package: libsdl1.2debian > Version: 1.2.15+dfsg1-4 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > After inspecting my application for library issues, I found that it uses > this library

Bug#871807: libsdl1.2debian links to incompatible licensed libs indirectly

2017-08-11 Thread Thomas Charron
Package: libsdl1.2debian Version: 1.2.15+dfsg1-4 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, After inspecting my application for library issues, I found that it uses this library, libsdl1.2debian, which in turn links to libcaca for ASCII rendering. While the license for libcaca is permissive, IT, in