Severity: wishlist * Bastian Germann <bastiangerm...@fishpost.de> [2021-10-06 19:38:07 CEST]: > Severity: serious
Please don't severity bump this, specifically since I don't see how you want to justify it. > On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 18:46:04 +0100 Bastian Germann > <bastiangerm...@fishpost.de> wrote: > > Package: abook > > Severity: important > > > > This package depends on libreadline8 which is GPL-3+ licensed. According > > to debian/copyright parts of your package are GPL-2-only licensed. If > > that is also (transitively) the case for the binaries that link with > > libreadline.so.8 it might be legally problematic (see > > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility). > > > > There is an easy solution to the problem: Replacing the build dependency > > libreadline-dev with libreadline-gplv2-dev links with the GPL-2+ > > licensed older version. However, that is orphaned in Debian, so > > libeditreadline-dev should be preferred, which does not compile with > > your package without any patch. It links with the BSD-licensed libedit > > library which is a readline replacement. > > Please fix the dependency or fix the d/copyright file if the "or later" > clause applies to all the GPL-2 files. Are you reading the debian/copyright file correct? Yes, it says "License: GPL-2" but AIUI that is just a reference indicator, and the long paragraph below that is the relevant one. And that clearly states "or later", and it's the only explenation for the GPL-2 tag in there. I understand where you are coming from, and I agree, it can be improved to directly read GPL-2+ -- but to the best of my understanding the copyright file is clear on that. Thus wishlist, I will add the + in there for making it extra clear, but the way it currently is _is_ already "gpl-2 or later" licensed, so this is clearly not of release-critical severity, rather a cosmetic thing. Thanks, Rhonda -- Fühlst du dich mutlos, fass endlich Mut, los | Fühlst du dich hilflos, geh raus und hilf, los | Wir sind Helden Fühlst du dich machtlos, geh raus und mach, los | 23.55: Alles auf Anfang Fühlst du dich haltlos, such Halt und lass los |
