Re: Bug#289856: mdnsresponder: Wrong license
Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT> - Fri, Jan 21, 2005:
> Do you suggest removing from the archive all packages whose licenses
> impose uncommon restrictions or just this one?
In this software the problem is two folds, some parts of the software
are clearly free, and some other parts are a fork of some code under
APSL 2. Which leaves two options: rewriting the non-free part, or
splitting in two packages, one for contrib and one for non-free.
I think some software was already built on the libs provided by this
package[1], so it is not trivial at all (indirect dependencies make
some packages depend on it via the shlibs mecanism).
Which makes me wonder whether APSL 2 is acceptable for non-free?
Regards,
[1]
bee% grep-available -FDepends libhowl -sPackage
Package: gnome-terminal
Package: gnome-gv
Package: nautilus-cd-burner
Package: libgnomeui-0
Package: galeon
Package: libhowl-dev
Package: howl-utils
Package: libgnomevfs2-common
Package: gnome-games
Package: epiphany-browser
Package: gnome-pilot
Package: gnome-session
Package: libgnomevfs2-0
Package: libgnomevfs2-dev
Package: totem-xine
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Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>
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