Bug#619662: closed by Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct at debian.org> (Re: salome: multiple licensing issues)

[Francesco Poli]

reopen 619662
thanks


On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 17:43:07 +0000 Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:

> Dear Francesco,

Hi Adam!   :-)

> 
> Thank you for your report.  I appreciate your thorough work to make
> certain that Debian is complying with the licenses of its packages.

I am happy to see that it is appreciated: thanks for saying so
explicitly!

> 
> In the case of Salomé, as with Elmer [1], including a couple of
> GPL-licensed files in the source tree does not mean that "package salome
> is effectively under the GNU GPL".  The files which are under GPL2+ [2]
> are either deprecated and not used,

If they are deprecated and unused, then I think they should really be
dropped from the orig tar archive (by repacking it).
Seeing GPL-licensed files which are in fact unused is really confusing,
IMHO.

> or as with Elmer [1], scripts
> generated by the build system.

That's OK, as long as there's no linking between those and the rest.

> None of that code enters any of the
> libraries or executables, and salome does not create derived works with
> those files and linked libraries.

OK.

> Therefore the GPL limitations do not
> apply to linking salome libs or executables with any dependent libs.

Wait, what about the linking with libcos4-1/libomniorb4-1 and with
libqscintilla2-5 (see the original bug report)?
Linking with GPL-licensed libraries makes the final result effectively
under the GPL.

> 
>  [1] http://bugs.debian.org/618696
>  [2] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/s/salome/salome_5.1.3-12/copyright
> 
> [BTW, thanks for the changelog/copyright link, I had not known about
> it.]

[I find them useful, indeed!]

> 
> I believe this resolves all four of your issues, which deal with GPL
> incompatibilities with the OCTPL, OpenSSL, CPL and CeCILL-C license, so
> I am closing this bug.  If you disagree, feel free to reopen it.

I think the issues still hold: hence, I am reopening the bug report.

Anyway, thank you very much for your kind reply.


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