Source: cyrus-sasl2
Priority: important
Hi,
Considering helping you with the package (you RFHed it), I had a look at it.
Please reconsider the package license, at least for the patches. Currently you have
debian/* licensed under GPL-3+, which means that all the debian/patches/* files are
GPL-3+. This has two problems:
1) cyrus-sasl2 is a basic package that is used by many packages that might not expect to
have GPL-3+ in their dependency trees. Especially GPL-2-only licensed packages are not
compatible with GPL-3+.
2) Supposedly, GPL (any version) itself is incompatible with the advertisement clause in
BSD-4-clause. While the University of California has issued an official statement that
this clause can be ignored for their software, I do not know of any such statement from
Carnegie Mellon University. So it should be fairly controversial if Debian's patched
cyrus-sasl2 binaries are legally distributable.
Maybe, some of the patches are not copyrightable, but a clarification would be very
appreciated. I am also copying Dima as he is not listed on the current Uploaders list but
is one of the copyright holders.
Thanks,
Bastian
