[Trisquel-devel] [GNU-linux-libre] Freedom issues in lame, cdrkit, SDL, foomatic-filters, freepascal, unzip

[Nicolás Reynolds]

El 05/09/11 07:15, Henry Jensen dijo:
> Hello,
> 
> so far I fixed the found bugs in ConnochaetOS. I post the results what was 
> done in order to give other free distros a hint.
> 
> > cdrkit
> > ======
> > http://www.connochaetos.org/forum/topic.php?id=1493
> 
> removed apple_driver.* and README.hfs_boot, created 
> http://www.connochaetos.org/os/src/cdrkit-libre-1.1.11-2.src.tar.xz
> 
> 
> > SDL
> > ===
> > http://www.connochaetos.org/forum/topic.php?id=1492
> 
> Removed src/video/fbcon/riva_mmio.h, created
> http://www.connochaetos.org/os/src/sdl-libre-1.2.14-7.src.tar.xz
> 
> > foomatic-filters
> > ================
> > http://www.connochaetos.org/forum/topic.php?id=1491
> 
> Removed test/lsbfuncs.sh, test/shfuncs.sh, test/tcm.sh, test/tetapi.sh,
> created
> http://www.connochaetos.org/os/src/foomatic-filters-libre-4.0.9-2.src.tar.xz 
> 
> > Freepascal (fpc)
> > ================
> > http://www.connochaetos.org/forum/topic.php?id=1490
> 
> Unfortunately I wasn't able to build fpc without the suspicious files,
> removed fpc from the repo until this is fixed otherwise.
> 
> >lame
> >====
> >http://www.connochaetos.org/forum/topic.php?id=1494
> 
> Removed lame-3.98.4/frontend/portableio.*, created
> http://www.connochaetos.org/os/src/lame-libre-3.98.4-3.src.tar.xz
> Note that the frontend won't build, so the libre binary package
> contains only the library.
> 
> I forgot to include the discription of the issue with unzip in the first
> post:
> 
> unzip
> =====
> http://www.connochaetos.org/forum/topic.php?id=1489
> 
> found this clause in the file match.c:
> 
>     Permission is granted to any individual or institution to use, copy,
>     or redistribute this software so long as all of the original files
>     are included unmodified, that it is not sold for profit, and that
>     this copyright notice is retained.
> 
> This could be read as not permitting modification, since it only talks
> about using, copying and redistributing. Also, a free program must be
> available for commercial use, commercial development, and commercial
> distribution.
> 
> Fixed it by replacing unzip with p7zip and creating a "stub" unzip
> relacement , which is simply created by 
> 
>     echo '/usr/bin/7z x $@' > /usr/bin/unzip
> 
> (Surely needs some improvement).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Henry
> 
> 

blacklisted, we're working on the replacements :)

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