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On Tuesday, February 22, 2011 02:29:06 Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Mon, 21 Feb 2011, Jeremy Olexa wrote: |
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> > The bugs are stacking up[1] and upstream only offers a paid version of |
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> > pdflib-8[2]. It is my understanding that there is no way for us to |
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> > package future versions and the bundled libs are vulnerable[3]. |
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> > So, should it be removed? For more info, see the tracker bug for its |
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> > removal[1], there are a number of rdeps that will require fixing[4]. |
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> sci-visualization/gnuplot[pdf] is currently linking against pdflib. |
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> I'm going to remove that dependency, because in my understanding, |
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> clause 2.1 of the PDFLite license does not allow such linking. |
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> (It allows it for programs under an OSI approved license. However, the |
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> gnuplot license is free, but not OSI approved.) |
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that might disallow it for binaries, but it doesnt disallow it from being used |
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in ebuilds. same situation as binary kernel drivers -- make it the end user's |
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problem. |
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-mike |