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Sign upLLVM contains non-DSFG-compatible file #28509
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I think this (old) thread has a concise discussion of the (unintended) DRM and credit issues Debian found with the wording in CC-BY 2.5: I think (IANAL, etc) the practical impact is that this file may have difficulties with certain types of modification, and distributing it in DRM situations (eg: encrypted harddisks). I haven't read the license sufficiently carefully to suggest how far those effects extends beyond the configure.sh/cmake stage. |
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The file in question does not exist at that path any longer. |
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I'm inclined to close this. If somebody else discovers a licensing issue they can raise it again. |
brson commentedSep 19, 2015
Per @anguslees, the file src/llvm/cmake/modules/LLVMParseArguments.cmake carries the CC-BY 2.5 license (an old version of the license), which is not compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We are distributing this file in our source tarballs.
I don't know what practical impact this has besides making life slightly harder for Debian packagers.
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