On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 08:49:24PM +0000, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > Package: src:libauthen-cas-client-perl > Severity: normal > Tags: upstream > Forwarded: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=122237 > > Upstream has changed the license of Authen-CAS-Client to the following: > > This software is information. > It is subject only to local laws of physics. > > This seems to me not to be distributable by Debian. Luckily, the version > we do ship (0.07) has the 'Expat' license.
https://sources.debian.org/src/libauthen-cas-client-perl/0.08-2/Changes * updated to 'Nil' license I have the impression this software is placed in the public domain by the author (which is DFSG-compatible). > I am filing this bug so that the issue becomes a bit more visible. > > Maybe we shall consider removing this from Debian (popcon 222; vote 149); > or maybe somebody would want to fork. > > There is one reverse dependency, libapache2-authcassimple-perl (popcon > 21; vote 2), which has no reverse dependencies. When the situation is unclear, asking the author is also an option. > -- dam cu Adrian
