On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:51:10 +0000 Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: [...] > [ Jonas Smedegaard ] > * Rewrite copyright file using copyright format 1.0. > Closes: bug#694657. Thanks to Francesco Poli.
You're welcome, Jonas! Thanks to you, indeed. I have a question, though. At the beginning of the new debian/copyright file, I read the following comment: | Comment: | Because the libavcodec-extra-* package (since libavcodec-extra-54) | links against libraries licensed under Apache-2.0 (not compatible with | LGPL), effective license of that package and libav-dbg is GPL-3+. This does not look too clear to me. Which license is the libavcodec-extra-* package released under? LGPL-2.1+ or GPL-2+ ? By looking at the rest of the debian/copyright file, it seems to me that the answer is LGPL-2.1+ : can you confirm, please? If this is really the case, then, although it's true that Apache-2.0 is not compatible with GPL-2, I don't think it's accurate to say that Apache-2.0 is not compatible with LGPL... Moreover, why should the effective license of the libavcodec-extra-* package be considered GPL-3+ ? This seems to imply that I cannot distribute a program under a GPL-3-incompatible license (for instance, BSD-4-clause) linked with libavcodec-extra-*: I don't see any reason why such a program should be considered as legally undistributable... Please clarify the situation, and let's see whether we can find a clearer formulation for the above-quoted comment. Thanks for your time! -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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