Severity: serious Package: pike7.6 Version: 7.6.112-1 User: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Usertags: nonfree-doc rfc
Hi! This source package contains the following files from the IETF under non-free license terms: Pike-v7.6.112/bundles/nettle-1.14.tar.gz:nettle-1.14/testsuite/rfc1750.txt This problem really is in nettle, and not pike, and was earlier discussed in that context, see: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=393400 The problem has been fixed in recent releases. Maybe pike could include that version of nettle? Or if nettle inside pike isn't used (there is a dependency on the nettle package, so I would assume the answer is no), just remove the nettle archive from the pike sources. The license on RFC/I-Ds is not DFSG-free, see: * http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=199810 * http://release.debian.org/removing-non-free-documentation * http://wiki.debian.org/NonFreeIETFDocuments The etch release policy says binary and source packages must each be free: * http://release.debian.org/etch_rc_policy.txt The severity is serious, because this violates the Debian policy: * http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-dfsg There are (at least) three ways to fix this problem. In order of preference: 1. Ask the author of the RFC to re-license the RFC under a free license. A template for this e-mail request can be found at http://wiki.debian.org/NonFreeIETFDocuments 2. Remove the non-free material from the source, e.g., by re-packaging the upstream archive and adding 'dfsg' to the Debian package version name. 3. Move the package to non-free. General discussions are kindly requested to take place on debian-legal or debian-devel in the thread with Subject: "Non-free IETF RFC/I-Ds in source packages". Thanks, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
