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

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:09:12AM +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote:
> Hi Fathi,
> 
> On Mi 30 Mai 2012 06:06:07 CEST Fathi Boudra wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Guido Vollbeding <guido@jpegclub.org> wrote:
> >>Hello Mathieu
> >>
> >>Thank you for question.
> >>libjpeg is reference code, not faulty patchwork.
> >>Everything is said in the README:
> >>
> >> There are currently distributions in circulation containing the name
> >> "libjpeg" which claim to be a "derivative" or "fork" of the original
> >> libjpeg, but don't have the features and are incompatible with formats
> >> supported by actual IJG libjpeg distributions.  Furthermore, they
> >> violate the license conditions as described under LEGAL ISSUES above.
> >> We have no sympathy for the release of misleading and illegal
> >> distributions derived from obsolete code bases.
> >> Don't use an obsolete code base!
> >>
> >>I mean, the original README in libjpeg, not that in the patchwork you
> >>are talking about, which is one of the license violations.
> >>
> >>It seems that Bill Allombert is still one of the few sane people out
> >>there, many others have apparently gone mad.
> >>I don't care for the ignorant people.
> >>
> >>You may of course make a "turbo" version, I have nothing against it,
> >>but NOT in the way mentioned.  Take libjpeg with its current features
> >>and make it "turbo" - that would be wonderful!
> >
> >For reference: http://www.libjpeg-turbo.org/About/FUD
> >As we can see, "the other camp" doesn't agree.
> >I would like to avoid political/legal/off-topic discussions that
> >doesn't belong to this bug report or LJT ITP. Thanks.
> 
> I fully agree with Fathi, no political discussion via an Debian ITP in BTS.

Guido and me have been dragged in this bug log against our will. You can hardly
blame us for answering.

Whether a package is correctly licensed is certainly relevant to an ITP.
libjpeg-turbo is released with a different license than libjpeg, so it is
not possible to port code from libjpeg-turbo to libjpeg. So you can see
why Guido consider libjpeg-turbo with some hostility.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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