Please move pidgin-skype to universe
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pidgin-skype (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: pidgin-skype
Ubuntu policy says:
The "multiverse" component contains software that is "not free", which means the licensing requirements of this software do not meet the Ubuntu "main" Component Licence Policy.
pidgin-skype DOES meet the Component License Policy. I suspect that the reason it is in multiverse is because it comes from Debian contrib, but Debian contrib has a different policy: a package can be free software, and still be in contrib because, as in the case of pidgin-skype, it requires a non-free package to be useful (in this case, skype itself). Ubuntu, however, does not (as far as I can see) make this requirement.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: pidgin-skype 20100121+dfsg-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 19 11:59:50 2010
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: pidgin-skype
| Reuben Thomas (rrt) wrote | #1 |
| papukaija (papukaija) wrote | #2 |
| summary: |
- pidgin-skype should not be in multiverse + Please move pidgin-skype to universe |
| Changed in pidgin-skype (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Reuben Thomas (rrt) wrote | #3 |
| Gianfranco Costamagna (costamagnagianfranco) wrote | #4 |
| Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote | #5 |
| Changed in pidgin-skype (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Confirmed - pidgin-skype is released under GPL 3+ as detailed here: https:/