Public bug reported: As I reported with the bible-kjv-text package (Bug #1089050), in the UK (but not the rest of the world), the copyright on the Authorized (King James) version of the Bible is perpetual and it may only be printed, distributed or imported by those who have official royal permission. I don't know if there are any special exceptions for electronic distribution; if there are not, then technically Canonical Ltd (a UK company) cannot "distribute" this package or any CD image of Ubuntu which contains it, and it would be illegal for any UK resident to log on to a non-UK site to download the package (or a CD image containing it) if that counts as "importing". (It would also make it illegal for UK residents to download any other free software that contains the KJV text.)
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: sword-text-kjv (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-generic 3.2.30 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 Architecture: i386 Date: Tue Dec 11 18:23:56 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: sword-text-kjv UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-22 (50 days ago) ** Affects: sword-text-kjv (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1089053 Title: UK copyright law makes this package illegal to distribute To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sword-text-kjv/+bug/1089053/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs