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Reference: http://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines#cron

Package cron contains files under nonfree Artistic license: /usr/share/doc/cron/examples/crontab2english.pl`

Patch to remove the file and its reference in /usr/share/doc/cron/copyrightfile, as well as Artistic license header in that file.

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mladen created this task.Apr 13 2017, 11:44
zlatan.todoric added a subscriber: zlatan.todoric.Apr 23 2017, 16:59

Still waiting for FSF on response about Artistic license as it is free license except 1.0 which even on their pages says it is unclear is it Free license or not.

mladen renamed this task from cron freedom issue to [FREEDOM ISSUE] cron.May 4 2017, 15:54
mladen assigned this task to hema.prathaban.
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mladen updated the task description. (Show Details)May 12 2017, 15:18
zlatan.todoric added a comment.May 20 2017, 03:07

@mladen.pejakovic I grep'ed the file and no license shows there, can you check where I could see license for it or maybe Debian patched this already?

mladen added a comment.May 20 2017, 03:45

From: /usr/share/doc/cron/copyright

Files: debian/examples/crontab2english.pl
Copyright: 2001, Sean M. Burke
License: Artistic

zlatan.todoric added a comment.May 20 2017, 05:00

Thanks, I'll patch it.

zlatan.todoric closed this task as Resolved.May 21 2017, 13:24

Fixed.

mak lowered the priority of this task from 95 to Freedom Issue.Aug 18 2017, 22:11
jonas.smedegaard renamed this task from [FREEDOM ISSUE] cron to [FREEDOM ISSUE] cron - contain a file licensed too vaguely for FSF.Oct 21 2017, 09:51
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jonas.smedegaard edited parent tasks, added: T234: nil; removed: T230: nil.Oct 22 2017, 02:49
jonas.smedegaard renamed this task from [FREEDOM ISSUE] cron - contain a file licensed too vaguely for FSF to cron - contains a file licensed too vaguely for FSF.Oct 24 2017, 04:59
jonas.smedegaard changed the task status from Resolved to Invalid.Nov 9 2017, 21:05

This issue is bogus: It is correct for metadata to describe license as Artistic, but code itself is licensed "same as Perl" which means dual-licensing as _either_ Artistic or GPL-1+.

jonas.smedegaard reassigned this task from jonas.smedegaard to mak.Nov 9 2017, 21:22
jonas.smedegaard raised the priority of this task from Freedom Issue to Unbreak Now!.
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Please drop derived cron package: There is no need for deriving from Debian (issue is bogus).

Severity set high, as Debian already has possibly important changes in its current delta.

jonas.smedegaard reopened this task as Open.Nov 9 2017, 21:23
mak closed this task as Resolved.Nov 9 2017, 21:51

Done

jonas.smedegaard changed the task status from Resolved to Invalid.Nov 10 2017, 05:57

Changing status to "invalid", more appropriate for the task as a whole (arguably I should've created a subtask for the package removal which is indeed "done" by now).