-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Non-free files in some versions of WebKitGTK+ Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 13:22:49 +0200 From: Alberto Garcia <[email protected]> To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] A few days ago we discovered that some of the files included in WebKitGTK+ are covered by a license that does not allow redistribution. The files affected are the Web Inspector images, located under Source/WebInspectorUI/UserInterface/Images/. The full text of the license can be read here: http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Source/WebInspectorUI/APPLE_IMAGES_LICENSE.rtf In particular, clause 2 of the license states that "you may, in connection with your development of WebKit, use the Apple Software for personal use or internally within your business or organization" but that "You may not redistribute the Apple Software, in whole or in part" (with "Apple Software" meaning the Web Inspector images in this context). We have confirmed with Apple that our understanding of the situation is correct, so we have proceeded to look for free replacements for all the affected images. * We have released WebKitGTK+ 2.2.8, 2.4.6, 2.5.90 and 2.6.0 with the new set of images. * We have also fixed all the tarballs from the affected releases in the archive: 2.1.92 and the 2.2.x, 2.3.x, 2.4.x and 2.5.x series. The new tarballs have an 'a' appended to the version number ("2.1.92a", "2.4.3a", etc) and have the non-free images removed or replaced with the free ones where possible, but are else identical to the old ones. The old tarballs are no longer available. http://www.webkitgtk.org/releases/ If you use any of the affected WebKitGTK+ releases, we urge you to upgrade to a version without the non-free images. We apologize for the situation, and would like to thank Dominique Leuenberger from openSUSE for reporting this problem. Best regards, Alberto Garcia _______________________________________________ distributor-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/distributor-list
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