Public bug reported: Binary package hint: dropbox
Hi Debian bug #610257[1] suggests that there possibly multiple license issues in dropbox: """ 1) ncrypt-0.6.4-*.egg/, according to its PKG-INFO (which is horribly mangled, BTW), contains a GPL-licensed library with accompanying source. Additionally, this library is linked to OpenSSL, but those two licenses are incompatible. 2) netifaces-0.5*.egg/ contains the netifaces library, which is MIT-licensed. One of the clause of the license is "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software." Neither is included in dropbox. 3) _dbus*_bindings.so is the python-dbus library. It is MIT-licensed, but copyright & permission notices are not included. 4) _librsync.so contains statically-linked librync library which is under LGPL-2.1+ license. No source is provided. 5) _speedups.so contains (parts of) the simplejson library. It is MIT-licensed, but copyright & permission notices are not included. 6) pyexpat.so contains statically linked Expat library. It is MIT-licensed, but copyright & permission notices are not included. 7) libcrypto.so.0.9.8, libssl.so.0.9.8 are parts of the OpenSSL library. Its license require that "Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution." Neither is reproduced in dropbox. 8) libncurses.so.5 is the ncurses library. It is MIT-licensed, but copyright & permission notices are not included. """ I figured you might want to be made aware of this. ~Niels [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610257 ** Affects: dropbox (Ubuntu) Importance: High Status: Triaged ** Tags: license-issues -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/703896 Title: Multiple license issues -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
