Bug#664611: Source package contains non-free IETF RFC/I-D

Simon Josefsson simon at josefsson.org
Mon Mar 19 21:07:08 UTC 2012


mån 2012-03-19 klockan 18:10 +0200 skrev Tzafrir Cohen:
> severity 664611 normal
> retitle -1 asterisk: private copy of libilbc
> thanks
> 
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:09:04PM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> > Severity: serious
> > Package: asterisk
> > Version: 1:1.8.10.0~dfsg-1
> > User: debian-release at lists.debian.org
> > Usertags: nonfree-doc rfc
> 
> (How do I remove those)?
> 
> > 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > This source package contains the following files from the IETF under
> > non-free license terms:
> > 
> > asterisk-1.8.10.0/codecs/ilbc/rfc3951.txt
> 
> As mentioned elsewhere, it is now free.

The RFC?  I would be very surprised if that were the case.  Could you
substantiate this other by "elsewhere"?  A patent license is not a
software license.

> In fact, Upstream removed it in
> previous versions, and re-acepted it in 1.8.10 due to the proper
> license.

What license?

/Simon







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