Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Report of non-free software in gNewSense

[Karl Goetz]

On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:22:59 +0200
Benedikt Ahrens <address@hidden> wrote:

> This is an excerpt from the changelog, mentioning the problem with
> copyrighted software:
> ( see
> http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=618781&group_id=2174 )
> 
> (*

What is the package name? 'Free Pascal Compiler' doesnt appear in my
apt-cache search.
kk

> 
> Changes:
>                             Free Pascal Compiler
> 
>                                 Version 2.2.2
> 
> ******************************************************************************
>                               What's New in 2.2.2
> ******************************************************************************
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> Some highlights are:
> 
> All:
>   *  All code potentially infringing on CodeGear copyrighted code has
> been reimplemented using a cleanroom approach.
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> *)
> 
> There was nothing mentioned about any non-free software in the
> changelog. But i haven't checked the bug reports yet.
> 
> ben
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Richard Stallman<address@hidden> wrote:
> > I've heard a report that the Free Pascal Compiler contains some
> > non-free software (and a copyright violation) which was fixed in
> > version 2.2.2.  Can you check this, and either remove it or upgrade
> > it?
> >
> > Please ack when you've dealt with this.


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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
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