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and subject line Bug#1038821: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #944693,
regarding mailavenger: license incompatibility between 4-clause BSD and GPL
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: mailavenger
Version: 0.8.5-2
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.2.1
Hello,
I [noticed] that package mailavenger includes some files which are
derived from code originally released under the terms of the
4-clause BSD license, but their modifications are released under
the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later, or anyway the files are part
of a whole released under the terms of the GNU GPL v3 or later.
[noticed]:
<https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/m/mailavenger/copyright-0.8.5-2>
The third clause in the 4-clause BSD license (the so-called "obnoxious
advertising clause") is incompatible with both the GNU GPL v2 and the
GNU GPL v3, as [stated] on the FSF license list.
[stated]: <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OriginalBSD>
I believe this makes the package undistributable as is, hence
the "serious" severity of the bug report.
Luckily, the issue could be relatively easy to address.
As far as [libasync/convertint.C] and [libasync/suio_vuprintf.C]
are concerned, the parts covered by the 4-clause BSD license
are copyrighted by the The Regents of the University of California.
I think their general [re-licensing] applies, so the advertising
clause may be dropped: the code is effectively re-licensed under
the terms of the 3-clause BSD license (which is GPL-compatible!).
[libasync/convertint.C]:
<https://salsa.debian.org/debian/mailavenger/blob/76eaeca3c5b6f84f4e9b4b412503835298729a22/libasync/convertint.C>
[libasync/suio_vuprintf.C]:
<https://salsa.debian.org/debian/mailavenger/blob/76eaeca3c5b6f84f4e9b4b412503835298729a22/libasync/suio_vuprintf.C>
[re-licensing]: <ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change>
As far as [libasync/getopt_long.c] and [util/getopt_long.c]
are concerned, the parts covered by the 4-clause BSD license
are copyrighted by the The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
As far as I can tell, [NetBSD switched] to the 2-clause BSD license.
I am not 100 % sure this implies that any file copyrighted by
NetBSD Foundation under the 4-clause BSD license may now be effectively
considered as under the 2-clause BSD license (and thus
GPL-compatible!), but it may be worth getting in touch with
the Foundation and asking... I recommend doing so, in order to
get confirmation.
[libasync/getopt_long.c]:
<https://salsa.debian.org/debian/mailavenger/blob/76eaeca3c5b6f84f4e9b4b412503835298729a22/libasync/getopt_long.c>
[util/getopt_long.c]:
<https://salsa.debian.org/debian/mailavenger/blob/76eaeca3c5b6f84f4e9b4b412503835298729a22/util/getopt_long.c>
[NetBSD switched]: <https://www.netbsd.org/about/redistribution.html#why2clause>
Please fix these issues.
Thanks for your time.
Bye!
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 0.8.5-2+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package mailavenger 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 https://bugs.debian.org/1038821
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.
Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.
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