Debian Bug report logs - #859793
fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL

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Package: src:fluidsynth; Maintainer for src:fluidsynth is Debian Multimedia Maintainers <debian-multimedia@lists.debian.org>;

Reported by: javier--7C8FrOsBhwV6hRgYM4mLHJBYcgPTm9@jasp.net

Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 12:42:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version fluidsynth/1.1.6-4

Fixed in version fluidsynth/1.1.7-1

Done: Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@seznam.cz>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Javier Serrano Polo <javier@jasp.net>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 14:16:04 +0200
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Source: fluidsynth
Version: 1.1.6-4
Severity: wishlist

fluid_chorus.c is under a custom license, granting the following:

        This source code is freely redistributable and may be used for
        any purpose.

The license does not grant the right to modify the software. Therefore,
it is not compatible with GPL-2.1+ (sic) or LGPL-2.0+.

Whether intentionally or not, Debian has been distributing this software
without complying with GPL. Thus its rights have been automatically
terminated. Ceasing violation does not restore rights and a new license
should be acquired.

I will remind you of the scope of such infringement. Since Debian does
not have the right to distribute, it does not have the right to
propagate the license. All Debian-based distros and their users have not
automatically received a license through Debian.

Because of the avalanche effect of GPL, all works based on these
versions of FluidSynth have not received rights under GPL. The process
recurs: all Debian-based distros, their users, and depending works have
not received a license through this path.

I will remind you of the potential severity. Like the patent troll
phenomenon, some people profit from GPL reinstatements. The argument
exists:

        If you have redistributed an application under GPLv2, but have
        violated the terms of GPLv2, you must request a reinstatement of
        rights from the copyright holders before making further
        distributions, or else cease distribution and modification of
        the software forever.[1]

There are real cases based on this reasoning; e.g., BusyBox related.[2]
Although the Software Freedom Law Center may not be interested in
infringements caused because of FluidSynth, other parties may be. Is
there anyone against successful free audio software?

--
[1] https://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/compliance-guide.html
[2] http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/73241.html
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From: Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@gmail.com>
To: 859793@bugs.debian.org, javier@jasp.net
Cc: David Henningsson <diwic@ubuntu.com>, Element Green <element1green@gmail.com>, plcl@users.sourceforge.net, FluidSynth mailing list <fluid-dev@nongnu.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#859793: fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 20:01:39 +0200
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2017-04-07 14:16 GMT+02:00 Javier Serrano Polo <javier@jasp.net>:

> Source: fluidsynth
> Version: 1.1.6-4
> Severity: wishlist
>
> fluid_chorus.c is under a custom license, granting the following:
>
>         This source code is freely redistributable and may be used for
>         any purpose.
>

Hi fluidsynth devs,

we serious licensing issue in debian in fluid_chorus.c file.
Is there any chance to relicense this file with some GPL friendly license?
Full bug report here:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=859793

best regards

mira
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From: James Cowgill <jcowgill@debian.org>
To: Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@gmail.com>, javier@jasp.net
Cc: 859793@bugs.debian.org, FluidSynth mailing list <fluid-dev@nongnu.org>, Element Green <element1green@gmail.com>, David Henningsson <diwic@ubuntu.com>, plcl@users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: Bug#859793: fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 19:13:22 +0100
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Hi,

On 07/04/17 19:01, Jaromír Mikeš wrote:
> 2017-04-07 14:16 GMT+02:00 Javier Serrano Polo <javier@jasp.net
> <mailto:javier@jasp.net>>:
> 
>     Source: fluidsynth
>     Version: 1.1.6-4
>     Severity: wishlist
> 
>     fluid_chorus.c is under a custom license, granting the following:
> 
>             This source code is freely redistributable and may be used for
>             any purpose.
> 
> 
> Hi fluidsynth devs,
> 
> we serious licensing issue in debian in fluid_chorus.c file.
> Is there any chance to relicense this file with some GPL friendly license?
> Full bug report here:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=859793

FYI the license in question is the SoX license which has been in Debian
and basically all distributions for 20 years (as part of SoX)...

I assume the file is based on this:
https://sources.debian.net/src/sox/14.4.1-5/src/chorus.c/

The SoX project relicensed some time ago to GPL so if you are to believe
that that was OK, then there are no licensing problems with this file
(but the copyright header should be updated to reflect that).

James

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From: Javier Serrano Polo <javier@jasp.net>
To: James Cowgill <jcowgill@debian.org>, 859793@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@gmail.com>, FluidSynth mailing list <fluid-dev@nongnu.org>, Element Green <element1green@gmail.com>, David Henningsson <diwic@ubuntu.com>, plcl@users.sourceforge.net, pascal@debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#859793: fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 21:20:06 +0200
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El dv 07 de 04 de 2017 a les 19:13 +0100, James Cowgill va escriure:
> FYI the license in question is the SoX license which has been in Debian
> and basically all distributions for 20 years (as part of SoX)...

So SoX and derivatives are affected too. The problem was not
detected.[3]

> The SoX project relicensed some time ago to GPL so if you are to believe
> that that was OK, then there are no licensing problems with this file
> (but the copyright header should be updated to reflect that).

Upstream file still has the old copyright.[4] Where is this relicensing
process documented?

--
[3] https://bugs.debian.org/92969
[4] https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/code/ci/master/tree/src/chorus.c
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From: Javier Serrano Polo <javier@jasp.net>
To: 859793@bugs.debian.org
Cc: James Cowgill <jcowgill@debian.org>, Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@gmail.com>, FluidSynth mailing list <fluid-dev@nongnu.org>, Element Green <element1green@gmail.com>, David Henningsson <diwic@ubuntu.com>, plcl@users.sourceforge.net, pascal@debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#859793: fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 22:39:37 +0200
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Regarding SoX and Debian bug #92969, the copyright handling in wav.c is
dubious.[5] Assuming this modification is allowed, wav.c changes the
notice

        XAnim Copyright (C) 1990-1997 by Mark Podlipec.
        [...]
        This software may be freely copied, modified and redistributed
        without fee for non-commerical purposes

which is clearly incompatible with the original license, to

        Thanks goes to Mark Podlipec's XAnim code.  It gave some real
        life understanding of how the ADPCM format is processed.  Actual
        code was implemented based off of various sources from the net.

So the code was from Mark Podlipec, but now it is only an inspiration
for Chris Bagwell, yet various sources from the net are needed? Or Mark
Podlipec's code was inspired by those sources from the net? Chris
Bagwell should clarify the origin of the code.

--
[5] https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/code/ci/613f50d018d73308428dda8c610066a726e1a95e/
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From: Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org>
To: javier--7C8FrOsBhwV6hRgYM4mLHJBYcgPTm9@jasp.net, 859793@bugs.debian.org, submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#859793: fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2017 16:22:38 +0200
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Am Freitag, den 07.04.2017, 14:16 +0200 schrieb Javier Serrano Polo:
>         This source code is freely redistributable and may be used for
>         any purpose.
> 
> The license does not grant the right to modify the software. Therefore,
> it is not compatible with GPL-2.1+ (sic) or LGPL-2.0+.

Well, it could be argued that software modification is a purpose in
itself, but I agree that the wording is unfortunate/ambigious.

 - Fabian
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From: Javier Serrano Polo <javier@jasp.net>
To: Chris Bagwell <chris@cnpbagwell.com>
Cc: 859793@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#859793: fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2017 22:26:33 +0200
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Dear Chris Bagwell,

In 1999, you imported src/chorus.c to SoX on SourceForge.[6] File is
copyrighted by Juergen Mueller and sundry contributors. Could you tell
us where we could find the original project or how to contact Juergen
Mueller?

Thank you.

--
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Message #45 received at 859793@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Henningsson <diwic@ubuntu.com>
To: Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@gmail.com>, 859793@bugs.debian.org, javier@jasp.net
Cc: Element Green <element1green@gmail.com>, plcl@users.sourceforge.net, FluidSynth mailing list <fluid-dev@nongnu.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#859793: fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 09:24:16 +0200
Hi.

This came as a surprise for me. What's worse, it seems like none of the 
maintainers are currently active in Fluidsynth, and AFAIK none of us 
have time to either rewrite fluid_chorus.c, or track down all 
contributors to it since 1998.

What makes things slightly easier for us as upstream is that FluidSynth 
is released under LGPL rather than GPL. LGPL allows linking to custom 
licenses.

Thus, my suggestion for us as upstream is that we clearly document (in 
readme files etc) that we have one file that is not LGPL. That I can do.

Perhaps Debian has the time/manpower required to track down 
contributors? FWIW,

In the event that I should hold any copyright in fluid_chorus.c, I'm 
happy to allow these to be relicensed under GNU
LGPL 2.0+.

Regards,
  David Henningsson

On 2017-04-07 20:01, Jaromír Mikeš wrote:
>
>
> 2017-04-07 14:16 GMT+02:00 Javier Serrano Polo <javier@jasp.net 
> <mailto:javier@jasp.net>>:
>
>     Source: fluidsynth
>     Version: 1.1.6-4
>     Severity: wishlist
>
>     fluid_chorus.c is under a custom license, granting the following:
>
>             This source code is freely redistributable and may be used for
>             any purpose.
>
>
> Hi fluidsynth devs,
>
> we serious licensing issue in debian in fluid_chorus.c file.
> Is there any chance to relicense this file with some GPL friendly license?
> Full bug report here:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=859793
>
> best regards
>
> mira
>




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From: Javier Serrano Polo <javier@jasp.net>
To: David Henningsson <diwic@ubuntu.com>, 859793@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@gmail.com>, Element Green <element1green@gmail.com>, plcl@users.sourceforge.net, FluidSynth mailing list <fluid-dev@nongnu.org>, Chris Bagwell <chris@cnpbagwell.com>, Peter Hanappe <peter@hanappe.com>
Subject: Re: Bug#859793: fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 12:38:23 +0200
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El dl 10 de 04 de 2017 a les 09:24 +0200, David Henningsson va escriure:
> What makes things slightly easier for us as upstream is that FluidSynth 
> is released under LGPL rather than GPL. LGPL allows linking to custom 
> licenses.

This is not the case because fluid_chorus.c is part of the library and
must respect rights under LGPL.

Rewriting fluid_chorus.c could be one first step. However, we could wait
some time until Chris Bagwell tells us about the original source; Chris
Bagwell or Peter Hanappe, it is not clear to me that fluid_chorus.c
comes from SoX.
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From: Peter Hanappe <peter@hanappe.com>
To: javier--7C8FrOsBhwV6hRgYM4mLHJBYcgPTm9@jasp.net, David Henningsson <diwic@ubuntu.com>, 859793@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@gmail.com>, Element Green <element1green@gmail.com>, plcl@users.sourceforge.net, FluidSynth mailing list <fluid-dev@nongnu.org>, Chris Bagwell <chris@cnpbagwell.com>
Subject: Re: Bug#859793: fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 23:06:17 +0200

Hello all,

I agree that the licenses in fluidsynth are not completely consisted and
Debian is right to make sure that they are.
However, it seems that chorus.c is now under the LGPL license. From
https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/code/ci/master/tree/COPYING:

  SoX source code is distributed under two main licenses. The two
  licenses are in the files LICENSE.GPL and LICENSE.LGPL. sox.c,
  and thus SoX-the user application, is distributed under the
  GPL, while the files that make up libsox are licensed under the
  less restrictive LGPL.

In the Makefile.am, you can see that chorus.c is part of libsox
(https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/code/ci/master/tree/src/Makefile.am).

I don't check the list of contributors to
fluidsynth_chorus.c. There was Markus Nentwig and me but surely
others, too. However, since fluidsynth was under LGPL
with "Copyright (C) 2003 Peter Hanappe and others" from the
beginning, I don't believe any contributors to
fluidsynth_chorus.c would object to putting their changes to that
file under the LGPL. I'll happily make my changes available under
that license.

So, because SoX/chorus.c is now under the LGPL and all the
changes that have been made between chorus.c and
fluidsynth_chorus.c fall under the LGPL, I believe that
fluidsynth_chorus.c can be put under the LGPL, too.

Cheers,
Peter



On 04/10/2017 12:38 PM, Javier Serrano Polo wrote:
> El dl 10 de 04 de 2017 a les 09:24 +0200, David Henningsson va escriure:
>> What makes things slightly easier for us as upstream is that FluidSynth
>> is released under LGPL rather than GPL. LGPL allows linking to custom
>> licenses.
> This is not the case because fluid_chorus.c is part of the library and
> must respect rights under LGPL.
>
> Rewriting fluid_chorus.c could be one first step. However, we could wait
> some time until Chris Bagwell tells us about the original source; Chris
> Bagwell or Peter Hanappe, it is not clear to me that fluid_chorus.c
> comes from SoX.




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From: Javier Serrano Polo <javier@jasp.net>
To: Peter Hanappe <peter@hanappe.com>, 859793@bugs.debian.org
Cc: David Henningsson <diwic@ubuntu.com>, Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@gmail.com>, Element Green <element1green@gmail.com>, plcl@users.sourceforge.net, FluidSynth mailing list <fluid-dev@nongnu.org>, Chris Bagwell <chris@cnpbagwell.com>
Subject: Re: Bug#859793: fluidsynth: Package has infringed GPL
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 15:11:36 +0200
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El dl 10 de 04 de 2017 a les 23:06 +0200, Peter Hanappe va escriure:
> However, it seems that chorus.c is now under the LGPL license. From
> https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/code/ci/master/tree/COPYING:

As I understand, fluidsynth_chorus.c was imported from SoX rather than
the original project by Juergen Mueller. Thus, Chris Bagwell is the one
who can shed light on the origin.

> However, since fluidsynth was under LGPL
> with "Copyright (C) 2003 Peter Hanappe and others" from the
> beginning, I don't believe any contributors to
> fluidsynth_chorus.c would object to putting their changes to that
> file under the LGPL. I'll happily make my changes available under
> that license.

That makes sense. However, the main problem is the permission from
Juergen Mueller and related contributors.

> So, because SoX/chorus.c is now under the LGPL and all the
> changes that have been made between chorus.c and
> fluidsynth_chorus.c fall under the LGPL, I believe that
> fluidsynth_chorus.c can be put under the LGPL, too.

I see no evidence to support such relicensing. Original copyright should
be to dropped if there is no trace from the original file, but this does
not seem to be the case.
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From: Javier Serrano Polo <javier@jasp.net>
To: chris.bagwell@us.fujitsu.com
Subject: Messages at cnpbagwell.com about bug
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 01:10:38 +0200
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Dear Chris Bagwell,

Could you check your messages at cnpbagwell.com about a bug that were
sent from my address?

Thank you.
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Bug#859793. (Mon, 02 Oct 2017 11:15:11 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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From: Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@seznam.cz>
To: 859793-submitter@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#859793 marked as pending
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2017 11:14:04 +0000
tag 859793 pending
thanks

Hello,

Bug #859793 reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository. You can
see the changelog below, and you can check the diff of the fix at:

    http://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-multimedia/fluidsynth.git/commit/?id=1bb25d3

---
commit 1bb25d350b283359419f9aaf4f79d27db9cdc46f
Author: Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@seznam.cz>
Date:   Mon Oct 2 13:00:39 2017 +0200

    Finalize changelog.

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 79b1c49..c730139 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
-fluidsynth (1.1.7-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+fluidsynth (1.1.7-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Update watch file.
-  * New upstream version 1.1.7
+  * New upstream version 1.1.7 (Closes: #859793, #877308, #740710)
+  * Introduce postclone.sh script to ignore .pc/ dir.
+  * Patches refreshed/deleted.
+  * Allow all compressions.
+  * Bump Standards.
+  * Build without autoreconf.
+  * Update symbols file.
+  * Remove autotools-dev from B-D.
+  * Avoid useless linking.
+  * Update copyright file.
 
- -- Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@seznam.cz>  Mon, 02 Oct 2017 10:58:03 +0200
+ -- Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@seznam.cz>  Mon, 02 Oct 2017 12:51:06 +0200
 
 fluidsynth (1.1.6-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 



Reply sent to Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@seznam.cz>:
You have taken responsibility. (Mon, 02 Oct 2017 11:39:09 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to javier--7C8FrOsBhwV6hRgYM4mLHJBYcgPTm9@jasp.net:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Mon, 02 Oct 2017 11:39:10 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #75 received at 859793-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@seznam.cz>
To: 859793-close@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#859793: fixed in fluidsynth 1.1.7-1
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2017 11:34:09 +0000
Source: fluidsynth
Source-Version: 1.1.7-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
fluidsynth, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 859793@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@seznam.cz> (supplier of updated fluidsynth package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2017 12:51:06 +0200
Source: fluidsynth
Binary: fluidsynth libfluidsynth1 libfluidsynth-dev
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 1.1.7-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers <pkg-multimedia-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Jaromír Mikeš <mira.mikes@seznam.cz>
Description:
 fluidsynth - Real-time MIDI software synthesizer
 libfluidsynth-dev - Real-time MIDI software synthesizer (development files)
 libfluidsynth1 - Real-time MIDI software synthesizer (runtime library)
Closes: 740710 859793 877308
Changes:
 fluidsynth (1.1.7-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Update watch file.
   * New upstream version 1.1.7 (Closes: #859793, #877308, #740710)
   * Introduce postclone.sh script to ignore .pc/ dir.
   * Patches refreshed/deleted.
   * Allow all compressions.
   * Bump Standards.
   * Build without autoreconf.
   * Update symbols file.
   * Remove autotools-dev from B-D.
   * Avoid useless linking.
   * Update copyright file.
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