orig.tar.gz has binary-only files
Bug #121734 reported by
Martin Pitt
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mozilla Firefox |
Confirmed
|
Unknown
|
|||
firefox (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Alexander Sack | ||
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Alexander Sack | ||
lightning-sunbird (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
John Vivirito | ||
midbrowser (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Alexander Sack | ||
thunderbird (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
High
|
Alexander Sack |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
The orig.tar.gz's of Mozilla products have some binary-only files (Windows DLLs and MacOS) without accompanying source code. Thus they do not fulfill the 'preferred form of modification' requirements of GPL/MPL. They either need to be removed, accompanied by source, or distributed under another license (such as BSD).
Changed in firefox: | |
assignee: | nobody → asac |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in lightning-sunbird: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in midbrowser: | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Released → Confirmed |
Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Released → Confirmed |
Changed in firefox: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | Confirmed → Unknown |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in firefox: | |
importance: | Medium → Unknown |
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this needs upstream work. Maybe we can help by assembling a list of such files, but lets wait for their initial feedback first.