On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 12:14:06 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 23:34:51 +0100 Anton Gladky wrote: > > > 2012/11/28 Francesco Poli <invernom...@paranoici.org>: > > > Well, it's a single file with a single copyright holder: I don't know, > > > maybe Aaron Holtzman may be contacted and persuaded to re-license the > > > file under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2.1 ... > > > > It seems, the file libavcodec/x86/idct_mmx.c is obsolete and dropped by > > upstream. It does not persist in a newer versions of the libav [1]. > [...] > > > > I think, there is no need to contact the copyright-holder of the removed > > file. > > OK, then it seems that this bug will be fixed, once the new version of > libav has entered Debian and netgen links with it (and works properly). > > In the meanwhile, maybe the Debian release managers are willing to > grant a wheezy-ignore tag for this issue. I don't know, but it is > probably worth asking...
Hello, I have unpleasant news for this bug, unfortunately. I found out that basically *all* libav binary packages are effectively under the GNU GPL v2 or later (some are even under the GNU GPL v3 or later). I suggested [1] to clearly document this situation, since it's currently not apparent at all. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/698019 It seems that netgen should really disable any linking with libav libraries, until Open CASCADE S.A.S. is persuaded to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-and-v3-compatible terms. I am sorry to be the bad news messenger... -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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