Package: freerdp
Severity: normal
On bug #656183, FreeRDP was upgraded from 0.8.2 to 1.0. This upgrade
contains a license change from GPLv2 to Apache Licens 2.0. The
debian/copyright file has been updated to reflect this change (this was
done on bug #647498). However, we would like to point out that this change
is controversial. The FreeRDP project was based on rdesktop, but several
rdesktop copyright holders (including Cendio, which I work for) has not
accepted this change. The FreeRDP project has gradually rewritten the
codebase so that it no longer shares any lines with rdesktop. However, it
could be argued that it is still based on rdesktop, since it's not a clean
room implementation; rdesktop code was used in the process and in interim
versions.
One option for Debian is to ship FreeRDP under the GPL license. It is
compatible with the Apache license and therefore accepted by all
(direct and indirect) authors.
More information is available in these threads:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.freerdp.devel/1403
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.freerdp.devel/1419
Regards,
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Peter Åstrand ThinLinc Chief Developer
Cendio AB http://www.cendio.com
Wallenbergs gata 4
583 30 Linköping Phone: +46-13-21 46 00
