Bug#717430: libossp-uuid-perl: Long description wrongly calls Data::UUID not DFSG-free
Jonas Smedegaard
dr at jones.dk
Sat Jul 20 20:01:38 UTC 2013
Package: libossp-uuid-perl
Version: 1.6.2-1.3
Severity: minor
Long description of libossp-uuid-perl contains the following:
> The Debian package provides also Data::UUID interface so OSSP::uuid
> can be used as free replacement for non-DFSG Perl module.
Data::UUID is licensed with (a derivation of) the DFSG-free NTP license.
The text does not exist in upstream project description or POD files.
Seemingly it originates from the time when the package was created, as
its ITP (bug#283493) contains the following:
> The Data::UUID module is not free software (no license file)
That ITP was filed in 2004, and indeed Data::UUID changelog includes
this interesting entry:
> 1.149 Sat Nov 1 12:31 2008
> - added explicit BSD license; code is basically RFC4122 + patches
So apparently that text in long description of libossp-uuid-perl has
been wrong since more than 4 years: Please drop that paragraph.
Kind regards,
- Jonas
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