Bug#617613: closed by Anton Gladky <gladk at debian.org> (Bug#617613: fixed in freecad 0.13.1830-dfsg-2)

[Anton Gladky]

2013/8/10 Francesco Poli <invernomuto at paranoici.org>:
> On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 19:41:34 +0200 Anton Gladky wrote:
>
>> 2013/8/9 Francesco Poli <invernomuto at paranoici.org>:
>> > the GPL-licensed files are:
>> >
>> > Files: src/Mod/Draft/*
>> >
>> > Files: src/Mod/Draft/draftlibs/dxf*
>> >
>> > Files: src/Mod/Part/MakeBottle.py
>> >        src/Tools/*
>> >
>> > Please clarify whether these files are linked with or incorporated into
>> > any program that links with Open CASCADE.
>>
>> Most of them are LGPL.
>
> Sorry, but I cannot understand what you mean here.
>
> The above-mentioned files are claimed to be "License: GPL-2+" in the
> current debian/copyright file:
> http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debian-science/packages/freecad.git;a=blob;f=debian/copyright;h=81ce65f6a88f3238b1d1cbe24baf36de05fe1608;hb=01b8f377dc5544c280f706b0a82984f8fd8a7ff4
>
> As a consequence, either the debian/copyright file is still wrong
> (please update it again, if this is the case), or those files are
> GPL-licensed (and *not* LGPL-licensed).
>
> Which is the case?
> Please clarify.

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debian-science/packages/freecad.git;a=tree;f=src/Mod/Draft;h=b23b5834e8f186e6bc13547e3ff606cd226fad40;hb=01b8f377dc5544c280f706b0a82984f8fd8a7ff4

Please, check all files and provide a patch.

>> As I understand, they are independent python-scripts
>> for different stuffs.
>
> Could you please elaborate?
> Are these GPL-licensed files just Python scripts that are run by the
> user, outside of FreeCAD?
> Or does FreeCAD fork and exec those scripts (with the help a Python
> interpreter)?
> Or does FreeCAD dynamically link those scripts as plug-ins?

No idea, Please, ask upstream, if you want.

I have a very low motivation to maintain freecad, as I do not use
it at all.

>> "SoQt is a library which provides the glue between Systems in Motion's
>> Coin high-level 3D visualization library and Troll Tech's Qt 2D user
>> interface library."
>>
>> It is used for QT-Coin cooperation.
>
> Yes, but it is still licensed under the GPL GPL v2.
> FreeCAD links with it *and* with OpenCASCADE Technology, which is
> GPL-incompatible.
>
> So it seems that we still have an issue similar to the one with Coin3D
> (which used to be GPL-licensed, but was later re-licensed under the
> 3-clause BSD, thus solving the issue).
>
> If SoQt is not re-licensed similarly to how Coin3D was, I think
> that the issue with freecad is not yet fixed.

As I understand, there is an issue, if soqt uses symbols from
OCE. Maybe I am wrong.

Cheers,

Anton

PS I will unlikely contribute into this package any more. Sorry.
Do not CC me, please. Bye.