These certs were removed from Debian a month ago. Perhaps you'd be interested in the recent thread on devel:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/03/msg00375.html Cheers, Paul On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 09:58:33PM -0500, Michael Shuler wrote: > Hello, > > I have reopened #687693, as I believe that I was in error by > ignoring the CAcert Root Distribution License. I closed that bug in > order to maintain status quo, but have continued to feel that I was > wrong in doing so, based on several points in the Social Contract. I > am seeking a legal determination on whether the CAcert RDL follows > the DFSG or is non-free. > > Additional questions about CAcert's inclusion in ca-certificates > were raised in #718434. As a result of those questions and history, > Ubuntu removed CAcert's root certificates from ca-certificates and > nss in LP: #1258286. Prompted by Ubuntu's removal, my understanding > that that redistribution did not follow DFSG, and the other issues > presented, I removed the CAcert root certificates from > ca-certificates. #741561 is seeking a possible re-introduction of > CAcert's roots in Debian and would require proper judgement on > licensing, prior to proceeding. > > I am familiar with the premise that SSL certificates may be seen as > un-copyrightable, however, CAcert has (I assume with legal advice) > intentionally burdened their root certificates with a license which > claims copyright, as well as, by several opinions, verbiage that > makes it non-free. > > I strongly believe that ignoring the CAcert RDL, in order to > maintain status quo, is not the ethical thing to do for Debian, and > I would enjoy some legal guidance. Thanks for your time. > > > https://bugs.debian.org/687693 > http://www.cacert.org/policy/RootDistributionLicense.php > https://bugs.debian.org/718434 > https://bugs.debian.org/741561 > > -- > Kind regards, > Michael Shuler > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/533b7cd9.3070...@pbandjelly.org > -- .''`. Paul Tagliamonte <paul...@debian.org> | Proud Debian Developer : :' : 4096R / 8F04 9AD8 2C92 066C 7352 D28A 7B58 5B30 807C 2A87 `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~paultag `- http://people.debian.org/~paultag/conduct-statement.txt
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