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Package: vim
Version: 1:7.1-266+1
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.2.1
The vim help files that are installed in /usr/share/vim/vim71/doc/ are
licensed under the OPL, (see usr_01.txt for the exact copyright notice)
which is considered non-free according to
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/03/msg00226.html.
Best regards,
Meike
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages vim depends on:
ii libacl1 2.2.45-1 Access control list shared library
ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgpmg1 1.20.3~pre3-3 General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii libncurses5 5.6+20080203-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii vim-common 1:7.1-266+1 Vi IMproved - Common files
ii vim-runtime 1:7.1-266+1 Vi IMproved - Runtime files
vim recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 10:31:59PM +0200, Meike Reichle wrote:
> The vim help files that are installed in /usr/share/vim/vim71/doc/ are
> licensed under the OPL, (see usr_01.txt for the exact copyright notice)
> which is considered non-free according to
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/03/msg00226.html.
This has been discussed before[0] and the FTP masters confirmed that Vim's
documentation does meet the DFSG requirements. The documentation is licensed
under the OPL but does not exercise the license options which would make it
non-free.
[0] - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384019
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GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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