Package: subversion
Version: 1.7.5-1
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.2.1

Hello,
while reviewing subversion/1.7.5-1 debian/copyright file, I noticed
that debian/contrib/svn_load_dirs is licensed under the AFL v3.0 .

This license includes non-free restrictions and is also problematic
with respect to Debian mirror infrastructure.
Please take a look at my own analysis [1][2] of the AFL v3.0, which
was sent to debian-legal a week ago and received no rebuttal.

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2012/09/msg00081.html
[2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2012/09/msg00082.html

The above mentioned file (debian/contrib/svn_load_dirs) is thus
non-free and practically troublesome; it should not be included
in a package distributed in Debian (main).

Possible solutions I can think of:

 (A) persuade the copyright holder(s) of
     debian/contrib/svn_load_dirs to re-license it under
     DFSG-free terms (such as the Apache License Version 2.0,
     for instance)
 
 (B) replace it with a DFSG-free equivalent, if any exists

 (C) remove it from the source package


I hope this bug can be fixed soon.

Thanks for your time!


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