Bug#465056: grub-pc violates the GPL

Robert Millan rmh at aybabtu.com
Sun Feb 10 16:19:43 UTC 2008


On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 02:33:28PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.96+20080209-1
> Severity: critical
> 
> grub-pc is licenced under the GPLv3+ [1].
> 
> LZO 2.02 is licenced under the GPLv2 only.

Ok, since liblzo1 works fine, and it is GPLv2+ AFAICT, I'm downgrading the
dependency untill we have a better solution.

> Note:
> Markus Oberhumer told me that the next LZO version 2.03
> will be available under the GPLv2+.

Would be nice if you can ping me when that happens.

Thanks

-- 
Robert Millan

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