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Re: Non-free question



Hi Peter!

You wrote:

> > I'm considering packaging BET, a 128-bit blowfish-encrypted talk daemon.
> > However, it relies on a non-DFSG complian library, even though the program
> > itself is GPL.
> 
> The license needs to have an exemption for the GPL-incompatible
> library it uses.

Indeed. If there's no such exception, we cannot distribute it (just like
KDE in the past).

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Kind regards,
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| Bas Zoetekouw                  | Si l'on sait exactement ce   |
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