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[FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc unclear licensing of texfont.C and texfont.h files (glut)
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Package: boinc
Tag: [nonfree]
Reference: http://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines#boinc/boinc-app-seti
Short description: Nonfree files including and relating to api/texfont.{cpp,h} and possible other license issues
Proposed solution: drop
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FSF report tracks 2 independent issues together. This report tracks the 2nd of those: Unclear licensing of texfont.C and texfont.h files (glut)

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mladen created this task.May 4 2017, 16:02
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mak lowered the priority of this task from 95 to Freedom Issue.Aug 18 2017, 22:11
jonas.smedegaard renamed this task from [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc to [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc unclear licensing of texfont.C and texfont.h files (glut).Sep 7 2017, 08:56
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Debian package does a fair job of stripping non-free sources, including the convenience code copy of glut code.