[bug#28973] [PATCH 1/1] gnu: Add strongswan.

[Adam Van Ymeren]

address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Hi Adam,

Hey Ludo,

>
> Adam Van Ymeren <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> I'm still not sure we've gotten all the licensing info correct.  I 
>> particular if I recall correctly there is some 4 clause BSD code in the 
>> source package that the debian package apparently avoids compiling.
>>
>> I've been hoping to make a detailed pass of this package so I can say with 
>> confidence that the code licenses are correct, but I've been short on time.
>
> Any update on this?


Some progress but not ready yet sorry.  Been busy :).

The debian package appears to have an exhaustive list of licensing
information for all files in this package here[1].

There are a few files under the 4-clause BSD which appear to only be
related to DES encryption.  Debian's solution to this is to just disable
DES to avoid compiling and including the binaries from those 4-clause
BSD files.

Would that be an acceptable solution for Guix as well?  I can write a
tool to convert the information from debian/copyright into a format
suitable for the Guix package.

[1] - 
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-swan/strongswan.git/tree/debian/copyright