reopen 680738 thanks
On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:06:19 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > the OmniORB libraries SALOME links with really > seem to be licensed under the GNU LGPL v2 or later, posing no issues > with Open CASCADE. > [...] > I am sorry of reporting a non-issue: I am closing the bug > report. > > I am happy to see that there's one package less affected by the Open > CASCADE GPL-incompatibility, even though the Open CASCADE > GPL-incompatibility itself remains unsolved, unfortunately... Hello again. I've been pointed out that SALOME also uses PyQt, which is dual-licensed [1] under the GNU GPL v2 or the GNU GPL v3. [1] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/p/python-qt4/current/copyright Although the linking is done through bindings for an interpreted language (Python), the FSF FAQ [2] confirms that this linking also triggers the requirement of GPL-compatibility for SALOME. [2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfInterpreterIsGPL This seems to mean that we are back in square one: SALOME links with both GPL-licensed (PyQT) and GPL-incompatible libraries (OCE). I am therefore reopening this bug report. 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) PyQT copyright holders should be asked to re-license their work under the GNU LGPL or otherwise add license exceptions that give permission to link their work with code released under the OCTPL. Once again, any help in pushing solution (A) will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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