REPOST: abiword: 2.8.6 OpenSSL and BSD/GPL license incompatibility (Debian packaging)

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The recent abiword 2.8.6 is problematic for Debian. Paul wise has
reviewed the current release:

    http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/10/msg00401.html

    The license of plugins/opendocument/common/xp/crypto/blowfish/ looks
    like it is the original BSD license with obnoxious advertising clause,
    which is incompatible with the GNU GPL IIRC. This is the blocker for
    uploading it.

    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OriginalBSD

    In addition it is an embedded code copy of part of OpenSSL, the
    security team does not like those.

This is currenly a blocker at Debian BTS:

    http://bugs.debian.org/602687

Developrs:

    - Can you also suggest how to best disable the problematic code

    - Could you provide an 2.8.6.x update to use alternative blowfish
      implementations. E.g Wei Dai's implementation from Google (found
      by Tony Mancill)

    - Or would you suggest better ways how to cope with the openSSL,
      GPL/BSD incompatibilities?

Any help toget Abiword included in Debian stable would be appreciated,
Jari
Received on Mon Nov 8 11:35:09 2010