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[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#489039: marked as done (ttf-liberation: possibly undistributable)

Your message dated Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:28:09 +0200
with message-id <200807030928.17989.holger@layer-acht.org>
and subject line Re: Bug#489039: ttf-liberation: possibly undistributable
has caused the Debian Bug report #489039,
regarding ttf-liberation: possibly undistributable
to be marked as done.

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Package: ttf-liberation
Version: 1.04~beta2-1
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.3

Hi!

It seems to me that the distributability issues discussed in
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/05/msg00039.html
and in
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/04/msg00089.html
are still present in the package, as uploaded to unstable.

"Exception" 1(b), as mentioned in debian/copyright is still present:

| (b) As a further exception, any distribution of the object code of the Software 
|     in a physical product must provide you the right to access and modify the
|     source code for the Software and to reinstall that modified version of the 
|     Software in object code form on the same physical product on which you 
|     received it.

However, this is not a further permission with respect to the GNU GPL
v2: it's a further restriction.
This creates a self-contradictory license, as discussed on
the above cited debian-legal threads.

This package is possibly legally undistributable!
Please work with upstream to solve the issue.

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Hi,

On Thursday 03 July 2008 01:08, Francesco Poli wrote:
> It seems to me that the distributability issues discussed in

It seems to me that you need to get over it.

> "Exception" 1(b), as mentioned in debian/copyright is still present:
> | (b) As a further exception, any distribution of the object code of the
> | Software in a physical product must provide you the right to access and
> | modify the source code for the Software and to reinstall that modified
> | version of the Software in object code form on the same physical product
> | on which you received it.
> However, this is not a further permission with respect to the GNU GPL
> v2: it's a further restriction.

I dont see how this a restriction, it just a rewording of the rights you have 
anyway.

> This creates a self-contradictory license, as discussed on
> the above cited debian-legal threads.

Where you where the lone "player"...

> This package is possibly legally undistributable!

Heaven might potentially fall on your head!!

> Please work with upstream to solve the issue.

Been there, done that. Thank you very much. HAND.


regards,
	Holger

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