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

[Julien Cristau]

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 18:34:35 +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:

> Control: tags -1 - moreinfo
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> On Tue, 13 May 2014 11:37:17 +0200 Julien Cristau wrote:
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> > On Sun, Mar  9, 2014 at 22:26:06 +0100, Francesco Poli (wintermute) wrote:
> > 
> > >   => libptscotch-5.1.so and libptscotcherr-5.1.so, which are released
> > >      under the GPL-incompatible terms of the CeCILL-C v1.0 license
> > > 
> > Do you have a reference for this claimed incompatibility?
> 
> As already said in the original bug report, please see the almost
> identical bug #740463 for some further details about the SCOTCH
> licensing issues.
> 
> I hope this clarifies.
> 
>From what I understand CeCILL-C is intended to be more permissive than
plain CeCILL, which itself is explicitly GPL-compatible.  So not really.

Cheers,
Julien
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