Package: salome-gui Version: 6.5.0-1 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1
Hello Debian Science Maintainers, thanks for your effort to reintroduce SALOME into Debian. However, it seems to me that one of the licensing issues that affected the previous package [1] is still present in the current salome-gui package. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/619662 Indeed, salome-gui is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2.1, but links with libcos4-1/libomniorb4-1, which include [2] files released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later. [2] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/o/omniorb-dfsg/current/copyright This means that package salome-gui is effectively under the GNU GPL (v2 or later). On the other hand, salome-gui links with liboce-* packages, which are released under the terms of the OCTPL v6.3 [3], a GPL-incompatible license. [3] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/o/oce/current/copyright As a consequence, I would say that salome-gui (the binary package) is currently undistributable, as it links with both a GPLv2-licensed library and a GPLv2-incompatible one. Possible solutions, in descending order of desirability: (A) Open CASCADE S.A.S. should be contacted and persuaded to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-and-v3-compatible terms. (B) liboce-* packages should be substituted with a GPLv2-and-v3-compatible replacement, if any is available. (C) omniORB copyright holders should be asked to add license exceptions that give permission to link their work with code released under the OCTPL. As summarized in a recent thread on debian-science and debian-legal [4], I am trying to push in the direction of solution (A), but I need help in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S. to switch to the GNU LGPL v2.1: once again, please help! [4] https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2012/06/msg00038.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
