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bug #30959: libjs-jac is non-free

Submitted by:  Eric Padman <mentalnotes>
Submitted on:  Fri 03 Sep 2010 08:32:12 PM UTC  
 
Category: gNewSense 3Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: All architecturesStatus: None
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: Karl Goetz <kgoetz>
Open/Closed: Closed

Sat 19 Mar 2011 07:19:08 AM UTC, comment #3:

we appear to have the correct version, so i'm closing this now :)

Karl Goetz <kgoetz>In charge of this item.
Tue 18 Jan 2011 12:38:59 AM UTC, comment #2:

It looks like the fixed package hasn't been pulled over from the lenny repos yet. metad still has 1.3.1 not 1.3.1+dfsg-1.

On having a second look, I noticed the metad package also contains a binary, jsmin, presumably built from jsmin.c. This is removed in 1.3.1+dfsg-1 as well.

This is the status of this package as far as I have seen:
squeeze: free 1.3.2+dfsg-1
metad: contains non-free files 1.3.1
lenny: free 1.3.1+dfsg-1
deltah: package doesn't exist

Eric Padman <mentalnotes>
Fri 14 Jan 2011 12:21:43 AM UTC, comment #1:

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and you should not take the below as equivalent to legal advice.

It appears that jsmin.c is now under a free (MIT) license in Debian Lenny (stable):
http://packages.debian.org/stable/web/libjs-jac
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/j/jsjac/jsjac_1.3.1-3/copyright

I assume this is the same libjs-jac as in the gNewSense repository?

Adam Saunders <asaun>
Fri 03 Sep 2010 08:32:12 PM UTC, original submission:

This package contains jsmin.c whose license contradicts freedom 0 of the free software definition:
"The freedom to run the program, for any purpose".

It appears to be a free license apart from the additional phrase "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil."

There is a bug on the Debian bug tracker (#593799) which has more details.

This has been fixed for Debian Squeeze but not Lenny as yet.

Eric Padman <mentalnotes>

 

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