Package: vmware-package Version: 0.22 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.3
Hi! I've just read the debian/copyright file of vmware-package. It states, in part: | This package may contain non-distributable files copyrighted by | VMware, Inc. | Such files may be subject to the proprietary VMware EULA. Huh?!? This package may include undistributable files, yet the Debian Project is distributing them anyway?!? Does the Debian Project has some special permission to distribute those files? If this is the case, then it should be clarified in the debian/copyright file; moreover, the package should be moved to non-free, since a Debian-specific permission to distribute fails DFSG#8 and contrib packages must comply with the DFSG (Policy 2.2.2). If, on the other hand, no special permission was granted to the Debian Project to distribute those files, then I think the Debian Project should stop distributing them immediately, since continuing to do so seems to be a copyright violation! If the situation is different from the above two cases, then I think it's definitely unclear: please explain. Thanks in advance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
