Your message dated Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:34:44 +0000 with message-id <e1tedrw-0004b7...@franck.debian.org> and subject line Bug#617931: fixed in gmsh 2.6.1.dfsg-4 has caused the Debian Bug report #617931, regarding gmsh: multiple licensing issues to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: gmsh Version: 2.5.0.dfsg-2 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1 Hello again Debian Science Maintainers, thanks for maintaining gmsh, as well. This package is released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 and links with libgsl0ldbl, which is released under the terms of the GNU GPL v3 [1]. [1] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/g/gsl/gsl_1.14+dfsg-1/libgsl0ldbl.copyright This may cause a first licensing issue. If gmsh is under the GNU GPL v2 only, I would say that the binary package is currently undistributable, as it links with a GPLv2-incompatible library (GPLv3 is incompatible with GPLv2). If, on the other hand, gmsh is under the GNU GPL v2 or later, there's no problem between gmsh and libgsl0ldbl. The official gmsh homepage says: | Gmsh is copyright (C) 1997-2009 by C. Geuzaine and J.-F. Remacle | and is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License | (GPL) [2] (with an exception [3] to allow for easier linking with | external libraries). [2] http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [3] http://www.geuz.org/gmsh/doc/LICENSE.txt Link [2] currently describes the GNU GPL v3 and link [3] says "GNU General Public License (GPL)" without specifying the version, but then includes the full text of GPLv2. It's not clear to me what the Gmsh copyright holders mean: "GPL v2 only", "GPL v2 or later", or "GPL any version"? I think a clarification should be asked to them. If the answer is "GPL v2 only", then I think that the possible solutions are: (1A) GSL copyright holders should be contacted and persuaded to re-license GSL under GPLv2-compatible terms (such as "GPL v2 or later", for instance: take into account that GSL was previously released under GPLv2 and later switched to GPLv3...). (1B) GSL should be substituted with a GPLv2-compatible replacement, if any is available. (1C) Gmsh copyright holders should be persuaded to re-license Gmsh under the terms of the "GNU GPL v2 or later" BTW, the exception [3] grants permission to combine Gmsh with TetGen, Netgen, Chaco and METIS, but the debian/copyright file of the gmsh package does not mention this fact. I think that the debian/copyright file should be fixed. Do you want me to file a separate bug report for this issue? Another licensing issue arises since gmsh links with libopencascade-*-6.3.0, which is released under the terms of the (GPL-incompatible) OCTPL v6.3: this is similar to bug #617613 [4]. [4] http://bugs.debian.org/617613 I would say that gmsh (the binary package) is currently undistributable, as it is GPL-licensed and links with both a GPLv3-licensed library and a GPL-incompatible one. Here are the possible solutions I can think of: (2A) Open CASCADE S.A.S. should be contacted and persuaded to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-and-v3-compatible terms. (2B) Open CASCADE Technology should be substituted with a GPLv2-and-v3-compatible replacement, if any is available. (2C) Gmsh and GSL copyright holders should be asked to add a license exception that gives permission to link Gmsh and GSL with code released under the OCTPL. The most desirable solution is (2A): as explained in bug #617613 [4], I need help in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S. to switch to the GNU LGPL v2.1, so, once again, please join me in this persuasion effort! Thanks for any help you can provide.
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--- Begin Message ---Source: gmsh Source-Version: 2.6.1.dfsg-4 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of gmsh, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 617...@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Anton Gladky <gladky.an...@gmail.com> (supplier of updated gmsh package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmas...@debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.8 Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:27:20 +0200 Source: gmsh Binary: gmsh libgmsh2 libgmsh-dev gmsh-doc python-gmsh libjava-gmsh2 Architecture: source amd64 all Version: 2.6.1.dfsg-4 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Science Maintainers <debian-science-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Changed-By: Anton Gladky <gladky.an...@gmail.com> Description: gmsh - Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator gmsh-doc - Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator. Documentation libgmsh-dev - Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator. Development file libgmsh2 - Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator. Shared library libjava-gmsh2 - Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator. Documentation python-gmsh - Three-dimensional finite element mesh generator. Documentation Closes: 617931 Changes: gmsh (2.6.1.dfsg-4) unstable; urgency=low . [ Andreas Tille ] * [9005c56] Remove the "Name" field from debian/upstream-file. . [ Anton Gladky ] * [671fb32] Update copyright-file according to the last update of the corresponding file in upstream-repository. (Closes: #617931) * [d835032] Use compat-level 9. * [7e91be4] Add --as-needed to ldflags to escape overlinkage. 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