Bug#977654: atari800: Clarify license version
Hello Bastian, many thanks for your report. Really appreciate the extra detail. The original one totally slipped through cracks. Best, Antonin * Bastian Germann [2021-10-06 20:36] wrote: > On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:47:22 +0100 Bastian Germann wrote: > > Package: atari800 > > Version: 4.1.0-3 > > Severity: normal > > > > atari800's copyright file claims it to be GPLv2. In most source files, > > the license text has an "or later" clause which is actually needed > > linking the program with readline (GPLv3), because GPLv3 and GPLv2-only > > are incompatible. So please clarify the license situation in the > > copyright file. > > The program depends on proprietary ROMs for normal operation, so this is > problematic for GPL by itself. While atari800 itself is most probably > unproblematic because it is designed for that and one could argue that is an > implicit grant to use it with the proprietary ROMs, the readline dependency > is not okay, independent from the license version. > > Please switch to BSD-licensed libeditreadline-dev as a build dependency > which is a drop-in replacement for libreadline-dev. > > You should also explain the contrib status in d/copyright according to Policy > 12.5. >
Bug#977654: atari800: Clarify license version
Control: retitle -1 Legally problematic GPL-3+ readline dependency Severity: serious On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:47:22 +0100 Bastian Germann wrote: Package: atari800 Version: 4.1.0-3 Severity: normal atari800's copyright file claims it to be GPLv2. In most source files, the license text has an "or later" clause which is actually needed linking the program with readline (GPLv3), because GPLv3 and GPLv2-only are incompatible. So please clarify the license situation in the copyright file. The program depends on proprietary ROMs for normal operation, so this is problematic for GPL by itself. While atari800 itself is most probably unproblematic because it is designed for that and one could argue that is an implicit grant to use it with the proprietary ROMs, the readline dependency is not okay, independent from the license version. Please switch to BSD-licensed libeditreadline-dev as a build dependency which is a drop-in replacement for libreadline-dev. You should also explain the contrib status in d/copyright according to Policy 12.5.
Bug#977654: atari800: Clarify license version
Package: atari800 Version: 4.1.0-3 Severity: normal atari800's copyright file claims it to be GPLv2. In most source files, the license text has an "or later" clause which is actually needed linking the program with readline (GPLv3), because GPLv3 and GPLv2-only are incompatible. So please clarify the license situation in the copyright file.
