Quoting Hilmar Preuße (2019-09-20 11:34:33) > Am 19.09.2019 um 18:56 teilte Jonas Smedegaard mit: > > [ sent again - Debian mail servers dislike UTF-8 mail headers from me ] > > > > [ ...and added an additional note at bottom! ] > > > > Quoting Hilmar Preuße (2019-09-19 11:14:03) > > Hi Jonas, > > >> Am 19.09.2019 um 09:41 teilte Jonas Smedegaard mit: > >> Depends: libbrotli1 (>= 0.6.0), libc6 (>= 2.29), libfreetype6 (>= > >> 2.3.9), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libgs9 (>= 8.61.dfsg.1), libkpathsea6, > >> libpotrace0, libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libwoff1 (>= > >> 1.0.0), libxxhash0 (>= 0.6.5), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0) > >> > >> Is that sufficient to close this bug? > > > > Yes. Thanks. > > > > ...but wait: If you _only_ added then I suspect you now have a > > superfluous build-dependency on ghostscript. Not exactly harmful but... > > messy. > > > OK, I've replaced the BD on ghostscript by libgs-dev. Now I get an > lintian error: > > E: dvisvgm: possible-gpl-code-linked-with-openssl > > Is that a false positive and I should override?
The _possibility_ of a licensing problem is real, and you should definitely inspect it closer: Ghostscript 9.x is licensed AGPL-3-or-newer and anything linked with it must comply with those terms. >From a quick look (only skimming debian/copyright of dvisvgm) it seems there is no licensing problem, as it seems relevant code is licensed GPL-3-or-newer which in my understanding is upgradeable to AGPL-3-or-newer, and I guess there is no obstacles in doing such upgrade. I recommend to do the following: 0) Double-check if you come to same conclusion as me above. 1) add a "Comment:" field to the initial section of debian/copyright mentioning that even though dvisvgm is generally licensed GPL-3-or-newer, due to linking with libgs9 which is licensed AGPL-3 the effective license is AGPL-3-or-newer. 2) override lintian, referencing that AGPL is considered fine and is explicilty noted in debian/copyright. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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