2013/8/10 Francesco Poli <invernom...@paranoici.org>: > On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 19:41:34 +0200 Anton Gladky wrote: > >> 2013/8/9 Francesco Poli <invernom...@paranoici.org>: >> > the GPL-licensed files are: >> > >> > Files: src/Mod/Draft/* >> > >> > Files: src/Mod/Draft/draftlibs/dxf* >> > >> > Files: src/Mod/Part/MakeBottle.py >> > src/Tools/* >> > >> > Please clarify whether these files are linked with or incorporated into >> > any program that links with Open CASCADE. >> >> Most of them are LGPL. > > Sorry, but I cannot understand what you mean here. > > The above-mentioned files are claimed to be "License: GPL-2+" in the > current debian/copyright file: > http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debian-science/packages/freecad.git;a=blob;f=debian/copyright;h=81ce65f6a88f3238b1d1cbe24baf36de05fe1608;hb=01b8f377dc5544c280f706b0a82984f8fd8a7ff4 > > As a consequence, either the debian/copyright file is still wrong > (please update it again, if this is the case), or those files are > GPL-licensed (and *not* LGPL-licensed). > > Which is the case? > Please clarify.
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debian-science/packages/freecad.git;a=tree;f=src/Mod/Draft;h=b23b5834e8f186e6bc13547e3ff606cd226fad40;hb=01b8f377dc5544c280f706b0a82984f8fd8a7ff4 Please, check all files and provide a patch. >> As I understand, they are independent python-scripts >> for different stuffs. > > Could you please elaborate? > Are these GPL-licensed files just Python scripts that are run by the > user, outside of FreeCAD? > Or does FreeCAD fork and exec those scripts (with the help a Python > interpreter)? > Or does FreeCAD dynamically link those scripts as plug-ins? No idea, Please, ask upstream, if you want. I have a very low motivation to maintain freecad, as I do not use it at all. >> "SoQt is a library which provides the glue between Systems in Motion's >> Coin high-level 3D visualization library and Troll Tech's Qt 2D user >> interface library." >> >> It is used for QT-Coin cooperation. > > Yes, but it is still licensed under the GPL GPL v2. > FreeCAD links with it *and* with OpenCASCADE Technology, which is > GPL-incompatible. > > So it seems that we still have an issue similar to the one with Coin3D > (which used to be GPL-licensed, but was later re-licensed under the > 3-clause BSD, thus solving the issue). > > If SoQt is not re-licensed similarly to how Coin3D was, I think > that the issue with freecad is not yet fixed. As I understand, there is an issue, if soqt uses symbols from OCE. Maybe I am wrong. Cheers, Anton PS I will unlikely contribute into this package any more. Sorry. Do not CC me, please. Bye. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
