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regarding libpng is not GPL licensed
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Package: libpng
Severity: normal
The copyright file of the libpng package states that the library is
GPL licensed. In fact, the code has its own, free license, that
explicitely claims:
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The Contributing Authors and Group 42, Inc. specifically permit, without
fee, and encourage the use of this source code as a component to
supporting the PNG file format in commercial products. If you use this
source code in a product, acknowledgment is not required but would be
appreciated.
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References to the GPL should be removed from the package copyright file.
Regards,
Emmanuel le Chevoir - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The debian source package is GPL lincesed. That's the only
bit under the GPL.
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