Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote: >>> Package: libopenssl-ruby1.8 >>> Version: 1.8.2-7sarge2 >>> Severity: serious >>> >>> The binary package libopenssl-ruby1.8 (pure GPL) depends on libssl0.9.7 >>> (OpenSSL Licence). Those 2 licences conflict due to a clause in >>> OpenSSL Licence which has to be added to the GPL. >> Ruby is distributed with dual-license which is "Ruby's License" or GPL. >> <URL:http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt> > > Absolutely, I am well aware of that. However, for that specific > binary package, it is impossible to licence it under an unalterated > GPL. Hence, the choice between the GPL or the Ruby Licence is not a > choice: it is automatically the Ruby Licence.
User of this package can use it as a source package. And they can choise to build without OpenSSL. So I think that debian/copyright has correct information. We may add this point as a note to libopenssl-ruby1.8.README.Debian, but I think that it is not a serious bug. -- akira yamada
