Bug#698527: elmer: executable ElmerGUI.real links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

[Julien Cristau]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 17:05:38 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:52:29 +0000 Julien Cristau wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 12:26:32 +0100, Francesco Poli wrote:
> > 
> > > The true solution is: help me in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S. to
> > > re-license Open CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-and-v3-compatible terms.
> > > 
> > If that happens, it's going to be a while.  Things involving lawyers and
> > politics aren't particularly fast.
> 
> That's true, but, as I said previously [1], *if* there were a
> significant step forward (such as a decision by Open CASCADE S.A.S.,
> with a public promise that next version of Open CASCADE Technology will
> be re-licensed under GPLv2-and-v3-compatible terms), *then* we could
> maybe obtain a wheezy-ignore tag for this bug (assuming that the
> OpenSSL linking issue is easier to solve)...
> 
Pretty sure you won't get such a promise before wheezy is out...

Cheers,
Julien
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