Bug#488766: librdf0-dev: Please provide gnutls flavor

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Package: librdf0-dev
Version: 1.0.7-1
Severity: normal

I'd like to package morla, a GUI RDF editor, but it uses gnutls and so
needs a librdf linked against gnutls (not libssl), I believe.

Even if mixing does not cause technical problems, there's still the
licensing problem of (indirectly) linking GPL-licensed morla with
libssl. Other packages might need to avoid libssl too in the future.

All in all, I would like for you to either switch to gnutls by default,
or provide a "flavor" of librdf linked against gnutls instead of libssl
- similar to libcurl.

Kind regards,

- Jonas

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-rc8-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=da_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=da_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages librdf0-dev depends on:
pn libdb-dev <none> (no description available)
pn libmysqlclient15-dev <none> (no description available)
pn libpq-dev <none> (no description available)
pn libraptor1-dev <none> (no description available)
pn librasqal0-dev <none> (no description available)
ii librdf0 1.0.7-1 Redland Resource Description Frame
pn libsqlite3-dev <none> (no description available)

Versions of packages librdf0-dev recommends:
ii redland-utils 1.0.7-1 Redland Resource Description Frame

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[Jonas Smedegaard]

package librdf0-dev
retitle 488766 licensing violation: GPL but links against libssl
severity 488766 grave
thanks

>I would like for you to either switch to gnutls by default, or provide
>a "flavor" of librdf linked against gnutls instead of libssl - similar
>to libcurl.

Looking further, it seems that your package actually violates the
licensing of openssl/libssl: this GPL code it incompatible with the
openssl license!

If technically possible, I believe the problem can be solved by linking
against gnutls instead of openssl.

- Jonas

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