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[Jonathan Riddell <riddell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

The patch enable-tests contains a non-free RFC file which can not be
modified.

As a community made free software project Ubuntu has a policy that everything in main should be free to copy and share and modify
"Must allow modification and distribution of modified copies under the same licence."

There is an exception for documentation which could be said to cover
this, in which case an exception should be asked for with justification
given.

As the patch is a modified version of the RFC it is arguably illegal to
distribute.

This causes problems for Debian who do not want DFSG non-free patches in
their Git repository where this is stored and of course are unable to
merge and upload with this patch.

Easiest would be just to remove the patch.

** Affects: qtbase-opensource-src (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Critical
         Status: New

** Changed in: qtbase-opensource-src (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-16.04

** Changed in: qtbase-opensource-src (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Critical

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1522442

Title:
  non-free RFC file in qtbase patch

Status in qtbase-opensource-src package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The patch enable-tests contains a non-free RFC file which can not be
  modified.

  As a community made free software project Ubuntu has a policy that everything in main should be free to copy and share and modify
  "Must allow modification and distribution of modified copies under the same licence."

  There is an exception for documentation which could be said to cover
  this, in which case an exception should be asked for with
  justification given.

  As the patch is a modified version of the RFC it is arguably illegal
  to distribute.

  This causes problems for Debian who do not want DFSG non-free patches
  in their Git repository where this is stored and of course are unable
  to merge and upload with this patch.

  Easiest would be just to remove the patch.

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