>>>>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, Michał Górny wrote:

> On Sat, 2019-04-13 at 21:52 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
>> > > > > > On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, Michał Górny wrote:
>> > # Michał Górny <[email protected]> (13 Apr 2019)
>> > # Unmaintained.  Contains vulnerable code and a large number of unsolved
>> > # (upstream) issues, including licensing issues that prevented Debian
>> > # from including it.
>> 
>> I suppose that is referring to Debian bug 202475?
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=202475#61
>> 
>> If that's the case, it is their usual BS that they consider the FDL to
>> be a non-free license. (Basically, netcat.texi contains license texts
>> of the GPL and the FDL which by their very nature are "invariant".)
>> 
>> This is not a concern for us. The FDL is approved by the FSF as a free
>> documentation license, and therefore it is in our @FREE license group.

> Thanks for clarifying that.  I have to admit I didn't really understand
> what they meant in that bug report.  However, I suppose this doesn't
> invalidate the remaining points.  Should I update the mask message?

Yes, please.

Ulrich

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