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profile.py has non-free license



Package: python
Severity: serious

The license for the Python profiler[0] does not allow it to be copied or
modified independently of other Python programs. This is a violation of
DFSG #3 (and also is just stupid). This bug affects likely every version
of Python in Debian (and that ever was in Debian) (and so IMO should not
hold up the sarge release).

Howeer, /usr/share/doc/python2.4/copyright does not include this
license. In fact, almost none of the licenses at
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/node822.html are included. At
least http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/node826.html also looks
non-free.

[0]
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/node829.html
/usr/lib/python2.4/profile.py (or 2.3, or 2.2)

 Copyright 1994, by InfoSeek Corporation, all rights reserved.
 Written by James Roskind

 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this Python software
 and its associated documentation for any purpose (subject to the
 restriction in the following sentence) without fee is hereby granted,
 provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies, and
 that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
 supporting documentation, and that the name of InfoSeek not be used in
 advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
 without specific, written prior permission.  This permission is
 explicitly restricted to the copying and modification of the software
 to remain in Python, compiled Python, or other languages (such as C)
 wherein the modified or derived code is exclusively imported into a
 Python module.

 INFOSEEK CORPORATION DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
 SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
 FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL INFOSEEK CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY
 SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
 RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
 CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
 CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-- 
Joe Wreschnig <piman@debian.org>

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