Your message dated Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:31:42 +0000
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and subject line Bug#687042: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #685585,
regarding src:fex: GPL + additional restrictions
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Source: fex
Version: 20120215-3
Control: found -1 20100208+debian1-1+squeeze3
Severity: serious
Philipp Kern <pk...@debian.org> writes:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 09:13:42PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
>> + YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THIS SOFTWARE FOR MILITARY PURPOSES OR WITHIN
>> + MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS! THIS INCLUDES ALSO MILITARY RESEARCH AND
>> + EDUCATION!
>> That doesn't really seem like something Debian can really meet or
>> enforce...
>
> Hereby bringing this to the attention of the ftp-masters. fex is in main
> but includes that clause on top of AGPL-3.
>
> Which probably means for one that it's no longer compatible with GPL code,
> which might or might not be relevant, and, more severly, it's not compatible
> with the DFSG.
That clause is an additional restriction to the GPL and makes fex
undistributable by Debian (not even in non-free).
Ansgar
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Version: 20120718-5+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package fex has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see http://bugs.debian.org/687042
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.
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Alexander Reichle-Schmehl (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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