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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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Ulrich |
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