Bug#617613: marked as done (freecad: links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries)
Your message dated Fri, 27 Sep 2013 19:48:46 + with message-id e1vpe1u-0006kl...@franck.debian.org and subject line Bug#617613: fixed in freecad 0.13.2580-dfsg-1 has caused the Debian Bug report #617613, regarding freecad: links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact ow...@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 617613: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617613 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems ---BeginMessage--- Package: freecad Version: 0.10.3247.dfsg-2 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1 Hello Debian Science Maintainers, thanks for maintaining freecad. This package is mainly released under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2 or later, but includes some files released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later, and, above all, links with libcoin60, which is released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 (only) [1]. [1] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/c/coin3/coin3_3.1.3-1/libcoin60.copyright On the other hand, freecad links with libopencascade-*-6.3.0, which is released under the terms of the OCTPL v6.3: this license is itself acceptable [2] (from a DFSG point of view), but is GPLv2-incompatible, since it implements a copyleft mechanism and has no explicit GPL-compatibility clause. The GPL-incompatibility is acknowledged in Open CASCADE S.A.S. FAQ [3]: | 1) Is Open CASCADE Technology license GPL-compatible? | | No, it is not. OPEN CASCADE Company uses its own custom license. | However, it follows LGPL license in terms of its purpose and intent. [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/12/msg00077.html [3] http://www.opencascade.org/occt/faq/ As a consequence, I would say that freecad (the binary package) is currently undistributable, as it links with both a GPLv2-licensed library and a GPLv2-incompatible one. AFAICT, there are three possible ways to fix this issue, in descending order of desirability. (A) Open CASCADE S.A.S. should be contacted and persuaded to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-compatible terms. (B) Open CASCADE Technology should be substituted with a GPLv2-compatible replacement, if any is available. (C) Coin3D copyright holder should contacted and asked to add a license exception to give permission to link Coin3D with code released under the OCTPL; this additional permission should be drafted along the lines of the template [4] suggested by the FSF. A similar exception is needed for GPL-licensed files in FreeCAD itself and should be asked to the corresponding copyright holders. [4] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs Now, the half-good news. It seems that there's some possibility [5] that Open CASCADE Technology could be re-licensed under the terms of the LGPLv2.1: this would make it GPLv2-compatible (solution (A) above). [5] http://www.opencascade.org/org/forum/thread_15859/ I got in touch with upstream (Open CASCADE S.A.S.) via their web contact form [6] and got a somewhat encouraging reply. [6] http://www.opencascade.org/about/contacts/ This happened on April 2009, though. There has been no progress on the re-licensing of Open CASCADE since then: the management (of Open CASCADE S.A.S.) has not yet taken a decision on the matter. I have been going on contacting them periodically and asking them whether there's any progress, but, apparently, I am not persuasive enough... :-( I reported this on the debian-legal list [7][8]. [7] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/10/msg0.html [8] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/02/msg7.html Please note that Open CASCADE Technology version 6.5 has been recently released, but v6.5 of the license, despite having a much more accurate preamble, is substantially unchanged in its legally binding text. If nobody else helps me by contacting Open CASCADE S.A.S. and persuading them to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under the LGPLv2.1, I am afraid that the above-mentioned solution (A) will not be a viable option... :-( So, please, pretty please, help me in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S. to switch to the GNU LGPL v2.1! I recommend involving FreeCAD upstream too in this persuasion effort. The more people get in touch with Open CASCADE S.A.S. and try to persuade them, the better. Thanks for any help you can provide. ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- Source: freecad Source-Version: 0.13.2580-dfsg-1 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of freecad, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous
Bug#617613: marked as done (freecad: links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries)
Your message dated Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:11:41 +0200 with message-id calf6qjm6vszgnpiwa4whops_zjj96d853ywvr4godjuxxcn...@mail.gmail.com and subject line Re: Bug#617613: closed by Anton Gladky gl...@debian.org (Bug#617613: fixed in freecad 0.13.1830-dfsg-2) has caused the Debian Bug report #617613, regarding freecad: links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact ow...@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 617613: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617613 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems ---BeginMessage--- Package: freecad Version: 0.10.3247.dfsg-2 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1 Hello Debian Science Maintainers, thanks for maintaining freecad. This package is mainly released under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2 or later, but includes some files released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later, and, above all, links with libcoin60, which is released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 (only) [1]. [1] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/c/coin3/coin3_3.1.3-1/libcoin60.copyright On the other hand, freecad links with libopencascade-*-6.3.0, which is released under the terms of the OCTPL v6.3: this license is itself acceptable [2] (from a DFSG point of view), but is GPLv2-incompatible, since it implements a copyleft mechanism and has no explicit GPL-compatibility clause. The GPL-incompatibility is acknowledged in Open CASCADE S.A.S. FAQ [3]: | 1) Is Open CASCADE Technology license GPL-compatible? | | No, it is not. OPEN CASCADE Company uses its own custom license. | However, it follows LGPL license in terms of its purpose and intent. [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/12/msg00077.html [3] http://www.opencascade.org/occt/faq/ As a consequence, I would say that freecad (the binary package) is currently undistributable, as it links with both a GPLv2-licensed library and a GPLv2-incompatible one. AFAICT, there are three possible ways to fix this issue, in descending order of desirability. (A) Open CASCADE S.A.S. should be contacted and persuaded to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-compatible terms. (B) Open CASCADE Technology should be substituted with a GPLv2-compatible replacement, if any is available. (C) Coin3D copyright holder should contacted and asked to add a license exception to give permission to link Coin3D with code released under the OCTPL; this additional permission should be drafted along the lines of the template [4] suggested by the FSF. A similar exception is needed for GPL-licensed files in FreeCAD itself and should be asked to the corresponding copyright holders. [4] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs Now, the half-good news. It seems that there's some possibility [5] that Open CASCADE Technology could be re-licensed under the terms of the LGPLv2.1: this would make it GPLv2-compatible (solution (A) above). [5] http://www.opencascade.org/org/forum/thread_15859/ I got in touch with upstream (Open CASCADE S.A.S.) via their web contact form [6] and got a somewhat encouraging reply. [6] http://www.opencascade.org/about/contacts/ This happened on April 2009, though. There has been no progress on the re-licensing of Open CASCADE since then: the management (of Open CASCADE S.A.S.) has not yet taken a decision on the matter. I have been going on contacting them periodically and asking them whether there's any progress, but, apparently, I am not persuasive enough... :-( I reported this on the debian-legal list [7][8]. [7] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/10/msg0.html [8] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/02/msg7.html Please note that Open CASCADE Technology version 6.5 has been recently released, but v6.5 of the license, despite having a much more accurate preamble, is substantially unchanged in its legally binding text. If nobody else helps me by contacting Open CASCADE S.A.S. and persuading them to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under the LGPLv2.1, I am afraid that the above-mentioned solution (A) will not be a viable option... :-( So, please, pretty please, help me in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S. to switch to the GNU LGPL v2.1! I recommend involving FreeCAD upstream too in this persuasion effort. The more people get in touch with Open CASCADE S.A.S. and try to persuade them, the better. Thanks for any help you can provide. ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- fixed 617613 freecad 0.13.1830-dfsg-2 thanks Please, do not reopen it, if you are not sure, Here is the question of outdated copyright file in
Bug#617613: marked as done (freecad: links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries)
Your message dated Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:45:58 +0200 with message-id CALF6qJm85QBQjXrL5VF9VeGyktF6VKFWhNfCuiHHm=ojw4b...@mail.gmail.com and subject line Re: Bug#617613: closed by Anton Gladky gl...@debian.org (Bug#617613: fixed in freecad 0.13.1830-dfsg-2) has caused the Debian Bug report #617613, regarding freecad: links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact ow...@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 617613: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617613 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems ---BeginMessage--- Package: freecad Version: 0.10.3247.dfsg-2 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1 Hello Debian Science Maintainers, thanks for maintaining freecad. This package is mainly released under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2 or later, but includes some files released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later, and, above all, links with libcoin60, which is released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 (only) [1]. [1] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/c/coin3/coin3_3.1.3-1/libcoin60.copyright On the other hand, freecad links with libopencascade-*-6.3.0, which is released under the terms of the OCTPL v6.3: this license is itself acceptable [2] (from a DFSG point of view), but is GPLv2-incompatible, since it implements a copyleft mechanism and has no explicit GPL-compatibility clause. The GPL-incompatibility is acknowledged in Open CASCADE S.A.S. FAQ [3]: | 1) Is Open CASCADE Technology license GPL-compatible? | | No, it is not. OPEN CASCADE Company uses its own custom license. | However, it follows LGPL license in terms of its purpose and intent. [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/12/msg00077.html [3] http://www.opencascade.org/occt/faq/ As a consequence, I would say that freecad (the binary package) is currently undistributable, as it links with both a GPLv2-licensed library and a GPLv2-incompatible one. AFAICT, there are three possible ways to fix this issue, in descending order of desirability. (A) Open CASCADE S.A.S. should be contacted and persuaded to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-compatible terms. (B) Open CASCADE Technology should be substituted with a GPLv2-compatible replacement, if any is available. (C) Coin3D copyright holder should contacted and asked to add a license exception to give permission to link Coin3D with code released under the OCTPL; this additional permission should be drafted along the lines of the template [4] suggested by the FSF. A similar exception is needed for GPL-licensed files in FreeCAD itself and should be asked to the corresponding copyright holders. [4] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs Now, the half-good news. It seems that there's some possibility [5] that Open CASCADE Technology could be re-licensed under the terms of the LGPLv2.1: this would make it GPLv2-compatible (solution (A) above). [5] http://www.opencascade.org/org/forum/thread_15859/ I got in touch with upstream (Open CASCADE S.A.S.) via their web contact form [6] and got a somewhat encouraging reply. [6] http://www.opencascade.org/about/contacts/ This happened on April 2009, though. There has been no progress on the re-licensing of Open CASCADE since then: the management (of Open CASCADE S.A.S.) has not yet taken a decision on the matter. I have been going on contacting them periodically and asking them whether there's any progress, but, apparently, I am not persuasive enough... :-( I reported this on the debian-legal list [7][8]. [7] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/10/msg0.html [8] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/02/msg7.html Please note that Open CASCADE Technology version 6.5 has been recently released, but v6.5 of the license, despite having a much more accurate preamble, is substantially unchanged in its legally binding text. If nobody else helps me by contacting Open CASCADE S.A.S. and persuading them to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under the LGPLv2.1, I am afraid that the above-mentioned solution (A) will not be a viable option... :-( So, please, pretty please, help me in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S. to switch to the GNU LGPL v2.1! I recommend involving FreeCAD upstream too in this persuasion effort. The more people get in touch with Open CASCADE S.A.S. and try to persuade them, the better. Thanks for any help you can provide. ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- notfound 617613 0.13.1830-dfsg-2 thanks---End Message---
Bug#617613: marked as done (freecad: links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries)
Your message dated Thu, 30 May 2013 21:19:58 + with message-id e1uiagm-0001xt...@franck.debian.org and subject line Bug#617613: fixed in freecad 0.13.1830-dfsg-2 has caused the Debian Bug report #617613, regarding freecad: links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact ow...@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 617613: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617613 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems ---BeginMessage--- Package: freecad Version: 0.10.3247.dfsg-2 Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.1 Hello Debian Science Maintainers, thanks for maintaining freecad. This package is mainly released under the terms of the GNU LGPL v2 or later, but includes some files released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later, and, above all, links with libcoin60, which is released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 (only) [1]. [1] http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/c/coin3/coin3_3.1.3-1/libcoin60.copyright On the other hand, freecad links with libopencascade-*-6.3.0, which is released under the terms of the OCTPL v6.3: this license is itself acceptable [2] (from a DFSG point of view), but is GPLv2-incompatible, since it implements a copyleft mechanism and has no explicit GPL-compatibility clause. The GPL-incompatibility is acknowledged in Open CASCADE S.A.S. FAQ [3]: | 1) Is Open CASCADE Technology license GPL-compatible? | | No, it is not. OPEN CASCADE Company uses its own custom license. | However, it follows LGPL license in terms of its purpose and intent. [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/12/msg00077.html [3] http://www.opencascade.org/occt/faq/ As a consequence, I would say that freecad (the binary package) is currently undistributable, as it links with both a GPLv2-licensed library and a GPLv2-incompatible one. AFAICT, there are three possible ways to fix this issue, in descending order of desirability. (A) Open CASCADE S.A.S. should be contacted and persuaded to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under GPLv2-compatible terms. (B) Open CASCADE Technology should be substituted with a GPLv2-compatible replacement, if any is available. (C) Coin3D copyright holder should contacted and asked to add a license exception to give permission to link Coin3D with code released under the OCTPL; this additional permission should be drafted along the lines of the template [4] suggested by the FSF. A similar exception is needed for GPL-licensed files in FreeCAD itself and should be asked to the corresponding copyright holders. [4] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#GPLIncompatibleLibs Now, the half-good news. It seems that there's some possibility [5] that Open CASCADE Technology could be re-licensed under the terms of the LGPLv2.1: this would make it GPLv2-compatible (solution (A) above). [5] http://www.opencascade.org/org/forum/thread_15859/ I got in touch with upstream (Open CASCADE S.A.S.) via their web contact form [6] and got a somewhat encouraging reply. [6] http://www.opencascade.org/about/contacts/ This happened on April 2009, though. There has been no progress on the re-licensing of Open CASCADE since then: the management (of Open CASCADE S.A.S.) has not yet taken a decision on the matter. I have been going on contacting them periodically and asking them whether there's any progress, but, apparently, I am not persuasive enough... :-( I reported this on the debian-legal list [7][8]. [7] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/10/msg0.html [8] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/02/msg7.html Please note that Open CASCADE Technology version 6.5 has been recently released, but v6.5 of the license, despite having a much more accurate preamble, is substantially unchanged in its legally binding text. If nobody else helps me by contacting Open CASCADE S.A.S. and persuading them to re-license Open CASCADE Technology under the LGPLv2.1, I am afraid that the above-mentioned solution (A) will not be a viable option... :-( So, please, pretty please, help me in persuading Open CASCADE S.A.S. to switch to the GNU LGPL v2.1! I recommend involving FreeCAD upstream too in this persuasion effort. The more people get in touch with Open CASCADE S.A.S. and try to persuade them, the better. Thanks for any help you can provide. ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- Source: freecad Source-Version: 0.13.1830-dfsg-2 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of freecad, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous
