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Bug#750867: marked as done (kde-runtime: openssl license exception needed)

Your message dated Fri, 29 Aug 2014 22:20:53 +0200
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and subject line Re: kde-runtime: openssl license exception needed
has caused the Debian Bug report #750867,
regarding kde-runtime: openssl license exception needed
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--- Begin Message --- 
Source: kde-runtime
Version: 4:4.13.1-1
Severity: serious
Tags: sid jessie

Hi,

The file /usr/lib/kde4/kio_sftp.so links against libssh which in turn links
against openssl. Since the sftp code whichs links to libssh is licensed under
the GPL, it needs a license exception to allow the linking.

Alternatively you could prod bug #676650 which would provide an alternate libssh
built against gnutls.

See https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/05/msg00595.html

James

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (100, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

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--- Begin Message --- 
Hi,

After some discussion on #debian-devel, there seemed to be consensus that the
LGPL doesn't conflict with the openssl license.

Personally, I think this is not the case (the conflicting point 6 in the GPL
is verbatim copied in LGPL as point 10), but as long as debian-legal is ok
with the consensus I'm ok with it. (I'm ccing the debian-legal ml to receive
some input if this is not ok).

From the bug management side, this bug should either stay closed because the
sftp plugin isn't installed anymore or because it was an invalid request.
Whatever the case, it shouldn't be reopened, so I'm closing this bug now.

Discussing new issues on old bugs tends to get messy, for this case, where it
is not clear what the bug actually is, we would prefer to discuss it through
the debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org ml.

Readding the sftp plugin should be done in #759254 together with the next
release.

Happy hacking,
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Saludos /\/\ /\ >< `/

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