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Package: gnuplot
Version: 4.0.0-2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Hi,
The following message
http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00081.html
pointed me to the explanation about readline and gnuplot incompatible
licenses (that you also addressed in bug #75403).
Actually, the GPL does not forbid the linking (it can be done by the
user of the software himself, see, for example,
http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00080.html) but the
legal problem is that such linked binaries cannot be legally
*distributed* in conformance with both the (incompatible) licenses.
Please find a patch that tries to clarify the issue.
Thanks for your work on gnuplot and best regards,
Frederic Lehobey
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages gnuplot depends on:
ii gnuplot-nox 4.0.0-2 A command-line driven interactive
ii gnuplot-x11 4.0.0-2 X11-terminal driver for gnuplot
-- no debconf information
--- README.Debian 2004-05-30 22:29:43.000000000 +0200
+++ /tmp/README.Debian 2005-08-12 23:38:43.572926576 +0200
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@
Yes, the built in readline of gnuplot is bad. However, libreadline
cannot be used instead because it is licensed under the GPL, whereas
-gnuplot has special licenses (patches only). Linking those programs
-together is forbidden by the GPL. Please don't file bugs telling me to
-use libreadline in gnuplot...
+gnuplot has special licenses (patches only). Distribution of those
+programs linked together is legally impossible but you may rebuild
+your own custom package with readline. Please don't file bugs telling
+me to use libreadline in gnuplot...
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Source: gnuplot
Source-Version: 4.0.0-3
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gnuplot, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
gnuplot-doc_4.0.0-3_all.deb
to pool/main/g/gnuplot/gnuplot-doc_4.0.0-3_all.deb
gnuplot-nox_4.0.0-3_i386.deb
to pool/main/g/gnuplot/gnuplot-nox_4.0.0-3_i386.deb
gnuplot-x11_4.0.0-3_i386.deb
to pool/main/g/gnuplot/gnuplot-x11_4.0.0-3_i386.deb
gnuplot_4.0.0-3.diff.gz
to pool/main/g/gnuplot/gnuplot_4.0.0-3.diff.gz
gnuplot_4.0.0-3.dsc
to pool/main/g/gnuplot/gnuplot_4.0.0-3.dsc
gnuplot_4.0.0-3_all.deb
to pool/main/g/gnuplot/gnuplot_4.0.0-3_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Cyril Bouthors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated gnuplot package)
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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:00:30 +0200
Source: gnuplot
Binary: gnuplot-doc gnuplot-x11 gnuplot-nox gnuplot
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 4.0.0-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Cyril Bouthors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Cyril Bouthors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
gnuplot - A command-line driven interactive plotting program
gnuplot-doc - Documentation for gnuplot
gnuplot-nox - A command-line driven interactive plotting program
gnuplot-x11 - X11-terminal driver for gnuplot
Closes: 322827 357753
Changes:
gnuplot (4.0.0-3) unstable; urgency=low
.
* This upload is aimed to take over the package and fix the easiest bugs
first. I'll upload another version shortly that will take care of the
oh-so-many opened bugs that look almost all fixed upstream and/or
obsolete to me. One of them is 5 years and 160 days old! "Release
early, release often".
* New maintainer (closes: #357753).
* debian/changelog: fixed encoding, removed trailing spaces
* debian/control: moved the package gnuplot-doc from the section "docs"
to the section "doc"
* debian/control: removed obsolete dependencies to xlibs-dev
* debian/gnuplot-nox.README.Debian: applied patch from Frederic Daniel
Luc LEHOBEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to clarify licensing issues
(closes: #322827).
Files:
c06e43d31a471356fc87c3a0e7c12eda 733 math optional gnuplot_4.0.0-3.dsc
6183475b62c9e124bbaf5386581b60fa 40907 math optional gnuplot_4.0.0-3.diff.gz
39406e8b4f2e3e3fb556f673d3319bd4 1384 math optional gnuplot_4.0.0-3_all.deb
02ec74b8a0801468f60ad3699c13d895 1720282 doc optional
gnuplot-doc_4.0.0-3_all.deb
a6fa3e5232044cc52ff6df8a3d077d44 730604 math optional
gnuplot-nox_4.0.0-3_i386.deb
9d3ed31894fe02f3fe6bf848988a6f62 179724 math optional
gnuplot-x11_4.0.0-3_i386.deb
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