Re: Bug#155721: psi: psi is gpl links to libqssl1 whose license should be modified lgpl therefore not allowed...
On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 09:42:04AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 02:33:00PM -0000, Moshe Zadka wrote:
> > On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Steve Langasek <vorlon@netexpress.net> wrote:
>
> > > If psi Depends: on libqssl1, then you have quite clearly stated your
> > > intention to create a derivative work.
>
> > > If psi does not Depend: on libqssl1, it is mere aggregation, and not
> > > restricted by the GPL.
>
> > What about Recommends:?
>
> I think any package relationship that could cause package management
> software we ship to pull libqssl1 in by default when psi is installed is
> too strong.
Sure, Recommends: and Depends: are nearly equivalent from the user's
point of view, because "The Recommends field should list packages that
would be found together with this one in all but unusual
installations.", and therefore any sane package management software
should install recommended packages by default.
OTOH, Suggests: "is used to declare that one package may be more useful
with one or more others." Which, IMHO, just declares a useful aggregation.
Jan
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