Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Control: blocks -1 1067946 1069365
Dear ftpmasters, in #1067946 it was reported that some consider the sunrpc code as included in dietlibc nōn-free. Given that the actual wording is… > […] Users > * may copy or modify Sun RPC without charge, but are not authorized > * to license or distribute it to anyone else except as part of a product or > * program developed by the user. … and that we receive dietlibc as “a product or program developed by” Fefe (upstream author) under GPL, I think differently, and this *has* passed review in the past. Ultimately, *our* options are closing this as not a problem, removing dietlibc (not very favourable), and excising the code in question hoping not to break any downstream users. The reporter has also sent this to upstream, which is the correct place where to apply the fix suggested (replace with a different implementation), but there hasn’t yet been any response or decision either way. Now I don’t just want to close it or play bug pingpong, so I’d prefer there to be an official decision either way, so that we can decide what to do. (And then, I can invest some time to look at the other RC reported and try to reproduce it on a porterbox etc. but I prefer to do this when there’s not a sword of possible removal hanging over us.) Thanks in advance!
