Hi Francesco, On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 19:30 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:49:10 -0500 Adam C Powell IV wrote: > > > On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 15:20 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote: > [...] > > > Yes, but I think freecad should not be released in a stable version > > > (again) with this serious issue unsolved. > > > > Indeed, a package with a copyright/licensing issue can't go into a > > release, and can't go into testing. > > > > IMO this isn't an issue, > > Please let me understand: > > (0) you (still) don't think that the OCTPL is GPL-incompatible > > or > > (1) you agree that the OCTPL is GPL-incompatible, but you think that > this is not an issue for the package freecad linked with > libopencascade-* > > Is it (0) or (1)?
It's 0, I don't see any clauses in the OCTPL itself which render it GPL-incompatible, agreeing with Denis' interpretation. > > and the fact that Debian allowed it into > > unstable and the squeeze release indicates that the project probably > > doesn't think so either. > [...] > > The issue may have been overlooked at first. > If I recall correctly, the initial discussions about the OCTPL were > mainly focused on its DFSG-freeness. > The GPL-incompatibility issue was only raised later and was not > immediately clear. Indeed. > When I filed the bug report, the GPL-incompatibility had been > acknowledged by Open CASCADE S.A.S. itself (that is to say, the authors > of the OCTPL!). Do you have a link where they acknowledge GPL incompatibility? The preamble isn't part of the legally-binding text. > > But until there's an official ruling on this issue, the package can't go > > any further in Debian. > > An official ruling on the fact that a GPL'ed package which links with > both a GPL'ed library and a GPL-incompatible library has a serious bug?!? > > I thought this was agreed upon long time ago within the Debian Project. > I have seen so many packages with such issues reported as serious bugs > (for instance for GPL programs linking with OpenSSL), that I think it > goes without saying! No, I meant that until December 2, Debian had not given an official ruling indicating whether OCTPL is GPL-compatible. Now they have issued a ruling but without any clarity or justification. I'm going to ask Joerg for a clarification on his email of December 2. -Adam -- GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 Engineering consulting with open source tools http://www.opennovation.com/
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