Bug#624310: closed by Mike Hommey <mh at glandium.org> (Re: Bug#624310: [libnss3-1d] Out of date copyright file)

[Bastien ROUCARIES]

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Debian Bug Tracking System
<owner at bugs.debian.org> wrote:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> which was filed against the libnss3-1d package:
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> #624310: old dbm with  Out of date copyright file
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> It has been closed by Mike Hommey <mh at glandium.org>.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mike Hommey <mh at glandium.org>
> To: Bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bastien at gmail.com>, 624310-done at bugs.debian.org
> Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 12:49:26 +0200
> Subject: Re: Bug#624310: [libnss3-1d] Out of date copyright file
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 12:16:08PM +0200, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote:
>> reopen 624310
>> retitle 624310 old dbm with  Out of date copyright file
>> thanks
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>>  Sorry to reopen, in this package they are old 4 close bsd. In this
>>  case it is incompatible with GPL v2*
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>> > There sure are (check subdirectories).
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>>  Yes they are because they use old source. BSD have relicenced to 3
>>  clause see ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change
>>  and new source in
>>  ftp://ftp.dk.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-release-4-0/src/lib/libc/db/db/db.c
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> Which doesn't change the license of the code embedded in nss.
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>>  Thanks
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>> > * in this case I will have open a serious bug due to license incompatibility.
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> The NSS code is under 3 licenses, not only the GPL...

No because you include 4 bsd it is illegal to license under GPL. Will
send mail to legal.

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> Mike
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> From: Bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bastien at gmail.com>
> To: submit at bugs.debian.org
> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:47:40 +0200
> Subject: [libnss3-1d] Out of date copyright file
> Package: libnss3-1d
> Version: 3.12.9.with.ckbi.1.82-1
> Severity: wishlist
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> They are no more 4 close bsd source in libdbm.
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> Bastien
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