veracrypt_1.16+repack1-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Thorsten,

On  Fr 08 Jul 2016 02:00:09 CEST, Thorsten Alteholz wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> unfortunately I have to reject your package.
> According to [1] "(...)TrueCrypt seems to be reserving the right to sue
> any licensee for copyright infringement, no matter whether they comply
> with the conditions of the license or not. Based on this, our counsel
> advised that above and beyond being non-free, software under this
> license is not safe to use. (...)"
>
> So as Veracrypt is basically licensed with the TrueCrypt license, I think
> it is better for Debian to not distribute such software, even in non-free.
>
>   Thorsten

Ack. Thanks for taking a deeper look. I was expected this after some  
discussions with Francesco Poli back in February 2016.

Cheers,
Mike
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