Intent to repackage Kali's bulk_extractor
Dear team,
I have a quick question regarding a potential packaging of the software
`bulk_extractor`, which is already distributed in Kali.
I think, bulk_extractor could be a valuable contribution to Debian's
forensic packages as well.
However, pkg-security-team's "Kali-Debian-tracker-spreadsheet" states
the following Lintian errors regarding bulk_extractor:
```
- 1 possible-gpl-code-linked-with-openssl
- 1 license-problem-json-evil
``` [0]
Libopenssl seems to be only required by afflib [1] which is already
packaged by debian [2]. Is there a way to overcome this license issue
without asking upspream for explicit permission of the linking of
GPL-licensed code with OpenSSL libraries?
Regarding the license-problem-json-evil: There is just one source file
derived from the problematic JSON-project, which includes this license
[3]. Is there a way to resolve this? If yes, what would be your
recommendation to do so?
Thank you already in advance for an answer.
Best regards
Jan
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[0]
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1muSrob3G1c7ZwHlxfDAho4qtdJ9pZNycCKT9kWyIJkw/edit#gid=1566900788,
row 25
[1]
https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor/blob/b287b06da0bc069681d988bf1a40e9b69437ddcf/configure.ac#L332
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-security-team/afflib
[3]
https://github.com/simsong/bulk_extractor/blob/master/src/scan_json.cpp#L20
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