[Bug 404699] [NEW] vrms reports cdrecord as non-free

[Zeno Gantner]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: vrms

vrms lists the package cdrecord as non-free.
IMHO this should not be the case.
According to /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/copyright, all the components in the package are licensed under GPL:
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* cdda2wav 
  Copyright 1998-2003 Heiko Eissfeldt
  parts    (C) Peter Widow
  parts    (C) Thomas Niederreiter
  parts    (C) RSA Data Security, Inc.
  License: GPLv2
 
* mkisofs
  Written by Eric Youngdale (1993).
  Copyright 1993 Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated
  Copyright (c) 1999,2000-2004 J. Schilling
  APPLE_HYB James Pearson j.pearson at ge.ucl.ac.uk 22/2/2000
  License: GPLv2

* libedc compact disc reed-solomon routines
  (c) 1998-2002 by Heiko Eissfeldt, heiko at colossus.escape.de
  (c) 2002 by Joerg Schilling
  License: GPLv2

* libhfs_iso - Modified version of libhfs (v2.0) to work with mkhybrid.
  (C) 1996, 1997 Robert Leslie
  License: GPLv2

* libcdparanoia
  (C) by Monty (xiphmont at mit.edu)
  Modifications to make the code portable Copyright (c) 2002 J. Schilling
  License: GPLv2

* readcd
  Copyright (c) 1987, 1995-2003 J. Schilling
  License: GPLv2

* zisofs-tools:
  Copyright 2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  *   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
  *   Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
  *   02110-1301 USA; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
  *   later version; incorporated herein by reference.

* geteltorito
  Author: Rainer Krienke
  Email:  krienke at uni-koblenz.de
  License: GPL
  Version: 0.3
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The actual output of vrms is attached.

I use Ubuntu 9.04.

vrms:
  Installed: 1.14
  Candidate: 1.14
  Version table:
 *** 1.14 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: vrms (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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vrms reports cdrecord as non-free
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/404699
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