tags 393399 pending thanks I shall replace the included rfc with a README file that tells the reader where they can find the text for themselves [either in non-free package doc-rfc-2000-2999 or download via http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2229.txt].
cheers k Simon Josefsson writes: > Package: mozart > Version: 1.3.2.20060615-2 > Severity: serious > > Hi! > > This bug has been filed on multiple packages, and 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". > > It seems this source package contains the following files from the > IETF under non-free license terms: > > mozart-1.3.2.20060615/mozart/share/demo/DictClient/rfc2229.txt > > The license on RFC/I-Ds is not DFSG-free, see: > * http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=199810 > * http://release.debian.org/removing-non-free-documentation > * http://wiki.debian.org/NonFreeIETFDocuments > > The etch release policy says binary and source packages must each be free: > * http://release.debian.org/etch_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 a 'dfsg' version name to it. > > 3. Move the package to non-free. > > I went over many packages looking for names of likely non-free files, > and there may be false positives. If this is the case for your > package, I'm sorry for the noise. I'll modify the scripts to take > into account false positives when I learn of them, and publish the > list of exceptions under "Known exceptions" at > <http://wiki.debian.org/NonFreeIETFDocuments>. > > Thanks, > Simon > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
