Olly Betts <o...@survex.com> wrote: > For reference, this is #513796 in the BTS.
Will you summarise/link or should we cc? [...] > Steve Langasek: > > There are several other PHP extensions in circulation that use GPLed > libraries, some of them distributed with the PHP source itself. (The > readline extension is one example.) Binaries for these modules can't be > distributed in Debian, but that doesn't mean you can't write a PHP > extension for a GPL library and distribute it on your own. > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal/7867 [...] > * Is the quote above an accurate summary of the currently accepted > interpretation? (That mail is from 2003 so perhaps things have > changed since). I think it's still accurate. More recent links can be found in http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/04/msg00117.html The FSF seems to support the general idea of GPL-incompatibility in http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses > * If so, is there anything which can be done other than removing > php5-xapian from the archive? Relicensing in some way. It might not be simple or even possible, but it seems like the only alternative I can see. See http://fsfeurope.org/projects/ftf/reporting-fixing-violations for a helpful guide. > * Assuming php5-xapian must be removed from the archive, can the > xapian-bindings source package (which builds bindings for python, > ruby, etc too) continue to include (now unused) source code for it, or > do I need to prepare a special "dfsg" version of the upstream source > tarball without this code? (I notice Steve says "binaries for these > modules", which hints that source may be OK). http://trac.xapian.org/ticket/191 makes me think the combination only happens at compile time, so including unused source would be OK. Hope that helps, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org