Bug#396549: debian/copyright does not state GPL exception of totem

[Loïc Minier]

found 396549 1.4.5-1
severity 396549 important
tags 396549 pending
stop

        Hi,

On Wed, Nov 01, 2006, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> Totem copyright holders have allowed an exception to the GPL so Totem
> may be distributed with GStreamer non-GPL plugins. However, this is not
> stated in the debian/copyright file.

 Thanks for your report.  I think Debian only ships GStreamer plugins
 which are compatible with the license of totem, hence I'm downgrading
 the severity of your report.  I'm also extending the range of affected
 versions as I don't think this is a new issue, and don't want to delay
 testing propagation because of this.

 I've also seen multiple errors in the debian/copyright, for example the
 Totem Playlist parser library is licensed under the LGPL upstream, but
 under the GPL in Debian.  This is not incompatible, but should be fixed
 ASAP.

 I've fixed these mistakes in our SVN repository, and I'll upload a new
 totem after the current one transitions to testing.

   Bye,
-- 
Loïc Minier <lool at dooz.org>