[Bug 275688] Re: License issue: please sync fpc 2.2.2-4 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

[Paul Gevers]

I changed the title and description of this bug to reflect where this
bug really is about at the moment. Please correct if it does not match
the facts, it is written as I understand the issue.

** Summary changed:

- Please sync fpc 2.2.2-4 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)
+ License issue: please sync fpc 2.2.2-4 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

** Description changed:

+ The versions of fpc of before 2.2.2 contain code that is copyrighted by
+ CodeGear and by them licensed under GPL (only). However the fpc license
+ states that the it could be used under LGPL. Upstream was contacted by
+ CodeGear and has rewritten the code to get around the GPL restriction
+ (the main reason for change from 2.2.0 to 2.2.2). All older versions
+ should either be removed, upgraded or relicensed.
+ 
+ == Original report:
+ 
  Please sync fpc from Debian unstable:
  
  The Ubuntu delta can be dropped as the bug is fixed in the new upstream
  in Debian.
  
  fpc (2.2.2-4) unstable; urgency=low
  
    [ Torsten Werner ]
    * Update ABI version in fpc-depends automatically.
    * Remove empty directories from binary package fpc-source.
  
    [ Mazen Neifer ]
    * Removed leading path when calling update-alternatives to remove a Linitian
      error.
    * Fixed clean target.
    * Improved description of packages. (Closes: #498882)
  
   -- Mazen Neifer <mazen at freepascal.org>  Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:29:00 +0200
  
  fpc (2.2.2-3) unstable; urgency=low
  
    * Add *.fpc files to the binary package fpc-source.
  
   -- Torsten Werner <twerner at debian.org>  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:07:06 +0200
  
  fpc (2.2.2-2) unstable; urgency=low
  
    * Add patch manpages.diff that fixes various errors in the man pages.
    * Switch from dpatch to quilt.
    * Yak shaving to make lintian happy: remove unneeded files from binary
      package fpc-source.
    * Fix Provides: field of fp-unit-rtl.
  
   -- Torsten Werner <twerner at debian.org>  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:10:22 +0200
  
  fpc (2.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
  
    [ Mazen Neifer ]
    * new upstream release
      - shlobj changes
      - fix for wince library support
      - fix for windows 64 bit support for >2GB memory
      - Documentation was updated completely to conform to the actual state of
        the compiler and RTL.
      - Possible CodeGear Copyright infringements in the source were reworked
        using cleanroom approach.
    * Remove all patches that are now obsolete.
  
    [ Torsten Werner ]
    * Bump up Standards-Version: 3.8.0 (no changes needed).
    * Do not install extra license files.
    * Fix some other lintian warnings.
  
   -- Torsten Werner <twerner at debian.org>  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:55:14 +0200
  
  == Original report:
  
  Binary package hint: fpc
  
  I am trying to package WinFF (bug #172804) but it fails to build on
  Intrepid, but it is already in the NEW queue for Debian for quite some
  time. The new versions of fpc and lazarus solve the build problem (see
  my PPA [1], at the moment only  for amd64, but that looks to me like a
  PPA bug). Lazarus can only be synced when the new build of fpc is
  available in the archive. Fpc needs the same patch as discussed in bug
  #260464.
  
  [1] https://launchpad.net/~paul-climbing/+archive

** Changed in: fpc (Ubuntu Hardy)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: fpc (Ubuntu Gutsy)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: fpc (Ubuntu Dapper)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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License issue: please sync fpc 2.2.2-4 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)
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