[pkg-x2go-devel] Bug#784565: [X2Go-Dev] Bug#784565: nx-libs-lite: parts are derived from non-free code

[Stefan Baur]

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hi everyone,

looking at the current homepage of DXPC, the following can be found in
their changelog http://www.vigor.nu/dxpc/CHANGES:


3.8.1 Release:

[...]

Changed license to BSD license.

- -Stefan

Am 11.05.2015 um 11:07 schrieb Mike Gabriel:
> Hi Francesco, Cc:ing a couple of people/groups being affected by
> the below.
> 
> On  Mi 06 Mai 2015 19:35:32 CEST, Francesco Poli (wintermute)
> wrote:
> 
>> Package: nx-libs-lite Version: 3.5.0.27-1 Severity: serious 
>> Justification: Policy 2.2.1
>> 
>> Hello and thanks for maintaining this package in Debian!
>> 
>> I noticed that the debian/copyright states:
>> 
>> [...] | Parts of this software are derived from DXPC project.
>> These copyright | notices apply to original DXPC code: | |
>> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted 
>> provided |    that the above copyright notice and this paragraph
>> are duplicated in all |    such forms. | |    THIS SOFTWARE IS
>> PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED |
>> WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
>> OF |    MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. | |
>> Copyright (c) 1995,1996 Brian Pane |    Copyright (c) 1996,1997
>> Zachary Vonler and Brian Pane |    Copyright (c) 1999 Kevin Vigor
>> and Brian Pane |    Copyright (c) 2000,2001 Gian Filippo Pinzari
>> and Brian Pane [...]
>> 
>> This license lacks the permission to modify the DXPC code. Hence,
>> the original DXPC code does not appear to comply with the DFSG.
>> And the nx-libs-lite is in part derived from DXPC code.
>> 
>> This basically means that nx-libs-lite includes parts which are 
>> non-free (as they are derived from non-modifiable code) and are
>> also possibly legally undistributable (as they are
>> non-modifiable, but actually modified). The combination with the
>> rest of nx-libs-lite (which is GPL-licensed) may also be legally
>> undistributable (since the license with no permission to modify
>> is GPL-incompatible).
>> 
>> 
>> If there's anything I misunderstood, please clarify.
>> 
>> Otherwise, please address this issue as soon as possible. The
>> copyright owners for the original DXPC code should be contacted
>> and persuaded to re-license under GPL-compatible terms.
>> 
>> Thanks for your time. Bye.
> 
> I/we will investigate this asap. Thanks for bringing this up.
> 
> Greets, Mike
> 
> 
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