Bug#219595: libffi2: Licensing problems

2003-11-08 Thread Etienne Gagnon
See below. Etienne Gagnon wrote: I have a problem actually building the sources. e.g.: $ apt-get source libffi2 $ cd gcc-3.3-3.3.2ds4/ $ tar -xjvf gcc-3.3.2.tar.bz2 $ cd gcc-3.3.2/libffi/ $ ./configure which results in: creating cache ./config.cache checking for Cygwin environment... no checking f

Bug#219595: libffi2: Licensing problems

2003-11-08 Thread Etienne Gagnon
Hmmm, I have a problem actually building the sources. e.g.: $ apt-get source libffi2 $ cd gcc-3.3-3.3.2ds4/ $ tar -xjvf gcc-3.3.2.tar.bz2 $ cd gcc-3.3.2/libffi/ $ ./configure I can trust gcc people might have been careful about license, but it seems pretty difficult to me to build libffi without b

Bug#219595: libffi2: Licensing problems

2003-11-07 Thread Matthias Klose
Etienne Gagnon writes: > Matthias Klose wrote: > > why do you think it's derivative work? It's IMO clear, that libffi > > comes with it's own license (fastjar as well). sure you can build > > libffi without building gcc: > > > >cd libffi; ./configure; make > > > > I don't see any RC bug h

Bug#219595: libffi2: Licensing problems

2003-11-07 Thread Etienne Gagnon
Matthias Klose wrote: why do you think it's derivative work? It's IMO clear, that libffi comes with it's own license (fastjar as well). sure you can build libffi without building gcc: cd libffi; ./configure; make I don't see any RC bug here. It's not as simple, unfortunately. The following d

Bug#219595: libffi2: Licensing problems

2003-11-07 Thread Matthias Klose
Etienne Gagnon writes: > Package: libffi2 > Version: 1:3.3.2-3 > Severity: serious > Justification: Policy 2.3 Copyright considerations > > Hi! > > Libffi2 is supposed to be licensend under a very permissive license of > the type "do whatever you want with the code"[0]. Yet, the build > procedur

Bug#219595: libffi2: Licensing problems

2003-11-07 Thread Etienne Gagnon
Package: libffi2 Version: 1:3.3.2-3 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.3 Copyright considerations Hi! Libffi2 is supposed to be licensend under a very permissive license of the type "do whatever you want with the code"[0]. Yet, the build procedure of the Debian libffi2 source package make