Bug#612341: bumblebee, libjpeg-turbo: Wheezy does not work well with modern notebook PCs.

[Guido Vollbeding <guido@jpegclub.org>]

Hello Mathieu

> > I fully agree with Fathi, no political discussion via an Debian ITP in BTS.
>
> Well the issues were about:
> 1. legal issues
> 2. ABI compatibility

You are right, these are more substantial than just "political" issues.

> (1) If any part of the source code for this software is distributed, then this
> README file must be included, with this copyright and no-warranty notice
> unaltered; and any additions, deletions, or changes to the original files
> must be clearly indicated in accompanying documentation.
> [...]

> Guido, could you precisely outline what you call "[...] they  violate
> the license conditions [...]".

Yes, compare the README file that is contained in this derivative with the one
in the original package.  Their version is crippled and garbled to a degree
which I call misleading.  And neither on their web page nor on the Wikipedia
"libjpeg" entry which they obviously control (which shows that the Wikipedia
principles do not work here) is there any mention of the defects, which
again is misleading.

Notice that even commercial companies contact me to ask for satisfying the
license conditions properly, but this derivative maintainer has never
contacted IJG for resolving such issues.  And I have other things to do
than go out to every of the zillions of libjpeg users to check if they
obey the license conditions.
Obviously in this case we have a deliberate infringement of the conditions,
which is explained with the fraudulent intent of those people as mentioned.

> I guess I am being picky here, but if a lib claims to have a SONAME of
> libjpeg8, then it should *actually* implements all of libjpeg8 ABI.

That is a MAJOR issue!
I cannot believe that you folks accept the fact that a lib PRETENDS
compatibility with a certain INTERFACE, but WITHOUT actually IMPLEMENTING
it!
Anyone who does or accepts such action cannot be taken seriously, sorry,
and I will certainly recommend anyone to stay away from organizations or
companies which do or accept such practice.

Regards
Guido Vollbeding
Organizer Independent JPEG Group