A little update:

On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 08:55:09AM +0200, Michael Hanke wrote:
>  - Two source files contain statements about patented code. It looks
>    like the relevant files were derived from VTK4. The corresponding
>    files in the current VTK5 release do not contain the patent statement
>    anymore, so I guess it has expired. This needs to be clarified.
Upstream has removed the patented source code. Caret should now be
DFSG-compliant.

>  - caret supports MPEG2 export via libvtkMPEG2Encode. While being part of
>    etch this lib has been removed in lenny+ for patent reasons
>    (http://bugs.debian.org/408552). Hence MPEG2 support in caret has to
>    be disabled as well. Additionally caret sources contain MPEG2 headers
>    (e.g. mpeg2enc.h) that have to be removed from the source tarball.
MPEG2 support has been successfully removed.

I'll now test the package over the next weeks and will request
sponsoring if nothing critical pops up.

Cheers,

Michael

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