Severity: serious
Package: ruby-mail
Version: 2.5.4-3
User: debian-rele...@lists.debian.org
Usertags: nonfree-doc rfc
Hi!
This source package contains the following files from the
IETF under non-free license terms:
reference/rfc2231 MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions.txt
reference/rfc2387 MIME Multipart-Related Content-type.txt
reference/rfc2821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.txt
reference/rfc2822 Internet Message Format.txt
reference/rfc3462 Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages.txt
reference/rfc3696 Checking and Transformation of Names.txt
reference/rfc4155 The application-mbox Media Type.txt
reference/rfc4234 Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications - ABNF.txt
The license on RFC/I-Ds is not DFSG-free, see:
* http://wiki.debian.org/NonFreeIETFDocuments
* http://bugs.debian.org/199810
According to the squeeze/wheezy release policy, source packages must be
DFSG-free, see:
* http://release.debian.org/squeeze/rc_policy.txt
* http://release.debian.org/wheezy/rc_policy.txt
The severity is serious, because this violates the Debian policy:
* http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-dfsg
There are (at least) three ways to fix this problem. In order of
preference:
1. Ask the author of the RFC to re-license the RFC under a free
license. A template for this e-mail request can be found at
http://wiki.debian.org/NonFreeIETFDocuments
2. Remove the non-free material from the source, e.g., by re-packaging
the upstream archive and adding 'dfsg' to the Debian package
version name.
3. Move the package to non-free.
General discussions are kindly requested to take place on debian-legal
or debian-devel in the thread with Subject: "Non-free IETF RFC/I-Ds in
source packages".
Thanks,
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