kid3 links against libmp4v2

Bug #481789 reported by Reinhard Tartler
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kid3 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Christian Mangold

Bug Description

Binary package hint: kid3

libmp4v2 is a MPL licensed library for decoding AAC streams and metadata.

The license of kid3 is GPLv2, which is considered "incompatible" with the MPL. Analysis can be found here;
http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/docs/mozgpl.html

it is also listed on http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses in the list of incompatible licenses.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 13 09:08:32 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: kid3 (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: kid3
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

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Reinhard Tartler (siretart) wrote :

I suggest that we drop the dependency, reverting to the debian package.

Changed in kid3 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Christian Mangold (neversfelde)
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kid3 - 1.6-1ubuntu2

---------------
kid3 (1.6-1ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low

  * Remove MP4 support , possible license conflict (LP: #481789, #706409)
    - Remove build-dep libmp4v2-dev
    - Set -DWITH_MP4V2 to false in rules
 -- Angel Abad <email address hidden> Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:26:42 +0100

Changed in kid3 (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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