[GNU-linux-libre] Non-free package found: pdftk

[Rubén Rodríguez]

Hi everyone,

We've just received the below included report about a non-free package in
the Trisquel repositories. The offending package was removed, and I
suggest the rest of free distros to do the same.

I'll add this package to the list at freedsoftware.org too.

Thank you marcooliva for the useful report.
Rubén

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http://trisquel.info/en/pdftk-files-sun-confidential-code
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 Project:      Trisquel
 Version:      3.0
 Component:    Programs
 Category:     bug report
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  Anónimo
 Status:       active
 Reported by:  marcooliva
 Updated by:   marcooliva

"
Description of problem:
The following files in the pdftk tarball:
com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/PACommand.java
com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/PAContext.java
com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/PAEngine.java
com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/PAPencil.java
com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/PAToken.java
com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/PainterException.java


(which originate in itext) contain code with the following copyright
header:
/*
 * Copyright 1998 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
 * 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, 94303, U.S.A.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This software is the confidential and proprietary information
 * of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You
 * shall not disclose such Confidential Information and shall use
 * it only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement
 * you entered into with Sun.
 */
"
-> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236310#c0 [1]


"
Correction: The files are all in the java_libs subdirectory, i.e.:
java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/PACommand.java
java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/PAContext.java
java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/PAEngine.java
java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/PAPencil.java
java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/PAToken.java
java_libs/com/lowagie/text/pdf/codec/postscript/PainterException.java
"
-> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236310#c1 [2]


->
http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/extras/p/pdftk/pdftk_1.41.orig.tar.gz
[3]


-> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdftk/+bug/384515 [4]

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236310#c0
[2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236310#c1
[3]
http://archive.trisquel.info/trisquel/pool/extras/p/pdftk/pdftk_1.41.orig.tar.gz
[4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pdftk/+bug/384515

marcooliva