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Bug#171659: glibc: contains non-free docs and perhaps non-free code



On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 00:45, Brian M. Carlson wrote:
> Package: glibc
> Version: unavailable; reported 2002-12-04
> Severity: serious
> Justification: Policy 2.1.1, 2.1.2
> 
> debian-legal has recently decided that the GNU Free Documentation
> License is non-free. Therefore, at least libc.info* must be removed from
> the package. Additionally, the copyright file contains the following:
> 
>    * The code to support Sun RPC is taken verbatim from Sun's
>      RPCSRC-4.0 distribution, and is covered by this copyright:

I'm talking with upstream about this.

In future, please don't file multiple issues in one bug - The GFDL issue
is very different that the SunRPC license issue.  (And even if there was
no big difference, one fix could not resolve both problems)

Tks,
Jeff Bailey

-- 
When you get to the heart,
use a knife and fork.
 - From instructions on how to eat an artichoke.

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