Bug#741196: libpetsc3.4.2: libpetsc.so.3.4.2 links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

[Francesco Poli]

Control: severity -1 serious
Control: tags -1 - moreinfo


On Wed, 21 May 2014 21:57:19 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote:

[...]
> Dear FTP Masters,
> I've been asked by Julien Cristau (who reads this message in copy) to
> get a confirmation in an "authoritative statement from ftpmaster" that
> the CeCILL-C license is GPL-incompatible.
> 
[...]
> I asked him to clarify what he is disagreeing
> about, but I haven't received any reply.
> 
> Please read the full #741196 bug log, if you need more context.
> 
> If you agree with me that CeCILL-C is GPL-incompatible, then I think
> that the severity of bug #741196 should be raised again to "serious"
> and its "moreinfo" tag should be removed.
> 
> Could you please express your opinion?

In the absence of any reply from either the FTP Masters or Julien, I am
raising the severity of this bug report back to "serious" and removing
the "moreinfo" tag.

Bye.


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