Re: Bug#189164: libdbd-mysql-perl uses GPL lib, may be used by GPL-incompatible apps
Le Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:29:52PM -0500, Steve Langasek écrivait:
> The latest version of libdbd-mysql-perl build-depends on
> libmysqclient-dev. I'm afraid that, although this fixed the FTBFS bug,
> it potentially renders some software in our archive non-distributable.
> Because the new libmysqlclient12 package is licensed under the GPL, any
> GPL-incompatible apps which depend on libdbd-mysql-perl would be in
> violation of the libmysqlclient12 license.
I disagree completely with this bug.
The perl module "links" to libmysqlclient12, but the perl module is
available under the GPL so it's ok.
Any other program/script "uses" DBD::mysql but doesn't link to
libmysqlclient12 ... so there's no problem on that side either.
> I have not had a chance to look through the list of packages that depend
> on libdbd-mysql-perl to see if any of these are actually
> GPL-incompatible; however, libmysqlclient10 has been reintroduced to the
> archive for just this sort of situation. Please consider changing your
> build-dep back to libmysqclient10-dev and dropping the libssl-dev
> build-dep.
Not until you can convince me that my interpretation of the license is
clearly wrong.
I'm ccing debian-legal to have further input.
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog -+- http://www.ouaza.com
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