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bug #30782: non-free files in psutils

Submitted by:  Henry Jensen <haary>
Submitted on:  Sun 15 Aug 2010 01:32:06 PM UTC  
 
Category: gNewSense 2Severity: 5 - Blocker
Item Group: All architecturesStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: Sam Geeraerts <samgee>
Open/Closed: Closed

Tue 24 Jul 2012 08:42:28 PM UTC, comment #4:

I have reported upstream to Debian:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=682708

This is because this bug also impacts other distros like Trisquel.

SirGrant <sirgrant>
Sun 27 Feb 2011 09:43:01 AM UTC, comment #3:

Tested with a live CD: both files and fixmacps are gone.

Sam Geeraerts <samgee>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Sat 26 Feb 2011 07:44:26 PM UTC, comment #2:

New gen script removes both Postscript files and fixmacps (rev. 450).

Sam Geeraerts <samgee>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Sat 20 Nov 2010 07:26:11 AM UTC, comment #1:

committed, but still pending

Karl Goetz <kgoetz>
Sun 15 Aug 2010 01:32:06 PM UTC, original submission:

In the psutils package the License from the original author states:

"The included files, md68_0.ps and md71_0.ps (and their uuencoded forms) are (to the best of my knowledge) copyright Apple Computer, Inc."

Indeed in /usr/lib/psutils in the gnewsense package (deltah) there are those 2 postscript files, without any copyright notice or hint where they come from. Even the author of psutils doesn't seem to be sure.

Unless proven otherwise, I think we must consider those two files as non-free.

Technical, those files are used by fixmacps(1), which "fixes" PostScript generated from a Macintosh PC that it works correctly with psutils package (according to manpage).

The fix would be, to remove fixmacps and the postcript files
md68_0.ps and md71_0.ps from the package.

Henry Jensen <haary>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Sun 27 Feb 2011 09:43:01 AM UTCsamgeeStatusReady For Test=>Fixed
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Sat 26 Feb 2011 07:44:26 PM UTCsamgeeSeverity3 - Normal=>5 - Blocker
      StatusNone=>Ready For Test
      Assigned toNone=>samgee

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