SGI licenced code in Xorg is non-free
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg-server (Debian) |
Confirmed
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Unknown
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xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Low
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
Hi,
As per [1], and its duplicate [2][3], Ubuntus Xorg ships with several files under non-free licences.
There has previously been a bug imported from Debian [4][5] about this previously, which was marked invalid by Ubuntu bug triages.
With the advent of Gobuntu, this becomes a major issue (again), because it leaves a few hard choices:
- Remove Xorg (not happening)
- Disable the GLX in Xorg, and potentially break dozens (hundreds?) of applications
- Find/pay someone to rewrite any affected files.
Unfortunately, this /is/ a matter of freedom, and will have to be investigated by any distribution that is creating a "fully free" GNU/Linux install - From Debian to its smallest derivative.
Thanks to Kevin [6] and Matthew [7][8] for their work on this to date.
Karl.
[1] http://
[2] http://
[3] Its marked as a duplicate because its a subset of the problem in [1].
[4] https:/
[5] http://
[6] http://
[7] http://
[8] https:/
Changed in xorg-server: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
importance: | Medium → Low |
Can you point out which files are affected? The xorg-server package does not ship those AFAIK, they are removed from the upstream source.