[Bug 461077] Review Request: nxtvepg - A nexTView EPG decoder and browser

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--- Comment #21 from Mamoru Tasaka <mtasaka at ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp>  2008-11-12 12:25:10 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #19)
> (In reply to comment #17)
> > - I must say this srpm (tarball in this srpm) is problematic.
> > 
> >   Almost all codes in 2.8.1 tarball are still under GPLv2 (strict), however
> >   newly added tv_grab_ttx.pl is under GPLv3+, which are, unfortunately,
> >   incompatible:
> >   http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#GPL_Compatibility_Matrix
> >   You need to fix license issue first.
> 
> Upstream doesn't want to change the licenses and suggests to split out the Perl
> script because it is not essential for the main application and can also be
> used stand-alone. Is it possible/allowed to move it into a subpackage with a
> different license tag?
> 
> As the Perl script is still an experimental feature I could also exclude it for
> now.

This depends on how this perl script is related to the rest part of nxtvepg.
If this perl script "uses" (i.e. depends on) the rest part of nxtvepg, then
the license conflict cannot be resolved only by moving it into a subpackage
and this script must be removed completely.

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