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diff --git a/mail-templates/license-problem-non-free-RFC b/mail-templates/license-problem-non-free-RFC new file mode 100644 index 0000000..528028d --- /dev/null +++ b/mail-templates/license-problem-non-free-RFC @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Subject: [{Package}] Source package contains non-free IETF RFC/I-D +Severity: serious +Package: {Package} +Version: {Version} +User: debian-release@lists.debian.org +Usertags: nonfree-doc rfc +X-Debbugs-CC: ftpmaster@debian.org + +Hi! + +This source package contains the following files from the +IETF under non-free license terms: + +{list of files} + +The license on RFC/I-Ds is not DFSG-free, see: + + * https://wiki.debian.org/NonFreeIETFDocuments + * https://bugs.debian.org/199810 + +According to the squeeze/wheezy release policy, source packages must be +DFSG-free, see: + + * https://release.debian.org/squeeze/rc_policy.txt + * https://release.debian.org/wheezy/rc_policy.txt + +The severity is serious, because this violates the Debian policy: + + * https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/#s-dfsg + +There are (at least) three ways to fix this problem. In order of +preference: + +1. Ask the author of the RFC to re-license the RFC under a free + license. A template for this e-mail request can be found at + https://wiki.debian.org/NonFreeIETFDocuments + +2. Remove the non-free material from the source, e.g., by re-packaging + the upstream archive and adding 'dfsg' to the Debian package + version name. + +3. Move the package to non-free. + +General discussions are kindly requested to take place on debian-legal +or debian-devel in the thread with Subject: "Non-free IETF RFC/I-Ds in +source packages". + +Thanks diff --git a/mail-templates/license-problem-non-free-RFC-BCP78 b/mail-templates/license-problem-non-free-RFC-BCP78 new file mode 120000 index 0000000..a61397b --- /dev/null +++ b/mail-templates/license-problem-non-free-RFC-BCP78 @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +license-problem-non-free-RFC
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