Bug#1015242: gcc Trademark violation on the horizon
Package: gcc
Version: 4:9.2.1-3.1
Severity: serious
Tags: upstream
Justification: Policy 2.1
short version: gcc is about to become more problematic than rustc
with respect to violation of a non-free Trademark License created
by the Rust (Mozilla) Foundation.
https://developers.slashdot.org/story/22/07/17/0110250/gcc-rust-approved-by-steering-committee-beta-likely-next-april
with gcc being literally the bedrock of FOSS that's about to become
an extremely serious situation.
unfortunately, unlike the rustc scenario the non-Free Rust Trademark
License directly conflicts with the GPL *as well*:
Developers that use the GNU GPL protect your rights with two steps:
(1) assert copyright on the software, and
(2) offer you this License giving you legal permission to copy,
distribute and/or modify it.
the rust Trademark Licence explicitly restricts and curtails those rights.
this is in addition to violating 50% of DFSG Section 2 as already outlined
in bug #1013920.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1013920#60
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