Bug#574544: [afflib] contains files released under a non-free license

[Cristian Greco]

Package: afflib
Severity: serious

Hi,

as stated in debian/copyright:

Files: tools/aff_bom.*
Copyright: (C) 2008 Simson L. Garfinkel <simsong at acm.org>
License: PD
 The software provided here is released by the Naval Postgradaute
 School (NPS), an agency of the US Department of the Navy, USA. The
 software bears no warranty, either expressed or implied. NPS does
 not assume legal liability nor responsibility for a User's use of
 the software or the results of such use. Please note that within
 the United States, copyright protection, under Section 105 of the
 United States Code, Title 17, is not available for any work of the
 United States Government and/or for any works created by United
 States Government employees. User acknowledges that this software
 contains work which was created by NPS employee(s) and is therefore
 in the public domain and not subject to copyright. The User may
 use, distribute, or incorporate this software provided the User
 acknowledges this via an explicit acknowledgment of NPS-related
 contributions to the User's work. User also agrees to acknowledge,
 via an explicit acknowledgment, that any modifications or
 alterations have been made to this software before redistribution.

Latest sentence in this text is clearly non-free as it fails to comply with
dfsg #1 and #3. It also fails the desert island test.

The file tools/afdiskprint.cpp contains a license text which is similar,
modulo the last paragraph.

Thanks,
--
Cristian Greco
GPG key ID: 0xCF4D32E4 (old: 0x0C095825)
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