Bug#805370: mpage licensing
On Mon, 17 Apr 2017 21:13:47 +0200 Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> wrote:
> Ping...
>
> As a QA maintained package which is not going into the upcoming release
> with a license issue open for 1.5 years, shouldn't this package be
> removed from Debian?
>
> Paul
>
Hi Paul,
The upstream released a new version under GPL-2+. However, the file
Encodings/encoding.h is keeping tha same old license.
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encoding.h.PC850: * Copyright (c) 1994-2004 Marcel J.E. Mol, The Netherlands
encoding.h.PC850: * Copyright (c) 1988 Mark P. Hahn, Herndon, Virginia
encoding.h.PC850- *
encoding.h.PC850- * Permission is granted to anyone to make or
distribute verbatim
encoding.h.PC850- * copies of this document as received, in any
medium, provided
encoding.h.PC850: * that this copyright notice is preserved, and that the
encoding.h.PC850- * distributor grants the recipient permission for further
encoding.h.PC850- * redistribution as permitted by this notice.
encoding.h.PC850- *
encoding.h.PC850- * %%%% IBM international codepage 850 encoding for
mpage filter
encoding.h.PC850- * %
encoding.h.PC850- * % Written by Tilmann Boess
<tilmann@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de>, 1996/04/06
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I agree with you: this package should be removed from Debian.
Regards,
Eriberto
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