[Pkg-rust-maintainers] Bug#1013920: Bug#1013920: rust-all: Debian violating Rust Trademark (as serious a situation as "iceweasel")

[Sylvestre Ledru]

>
>      Distributing a modified version of the Rust programming language
>      or the Cargo package manager, provided that the modifications are
> limited to:
>      * porting the software to a different architecture
>      * fixing local paths
>      * adding patches that have been released upstream
>      * adding patches that have been reported upstream, provided
>      * that the patch is removed if it is not accepted upstream
>
> note that this excludes the right to:
>
> * add a patch to add documentation
Documentation updates should be done upstream.
> * add a patch to add a Debian README
This is purely Debian documentation. They do not impact Rustc.
> * add a patch to add a debian/copyright file
Same.
> * add a patch to add optimisations
As the initial packager of Rustc (and llvm), I would reject such 
changes. Optimisations should
be done upstream and not downstream.
> * add a patch to fix serious security vulnerabilities
Such patches are part of the "adding patches that have been released 
upstream"


> all of the limitations whilst looking perfectly reasonable are unfortunately
> in direct conflict with not only 50% of the DFSG but also in direct violation
> of the GPL (under which gcc is released).

gcc specific issues should be on the gcc side, not rustc.

Cheers,
Sylvestre