Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Current version of poppler-data is BSD

[Sam Geeraerts]

Nicolás Reynolds wrote:
> It seems that poppler-data has changed license since 2009 [0]
>
> I've checked the headers of all files on poppler-data[1] and they are
> distributed under the modified BSD license as advertised by the
> COPYING.adobe file.

Great news.

> I think it can be removed from the unfree software list [2].

I think we never discussed how long software should be kept on the list 
after the issue is resolved. The lifetime of a distribution's release 
seems to commonly be around 3 years or less, so I suggest 3 years.

Please update the wiki page with the information about the license change.

> [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/09/msg00039.html
> [1] http://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-data-0.4.4.tar.gz
> [2] http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Software_blacklist#poppler_CMap_data_files