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[Ihar Hrachyshka <2092907@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

conntrackd support was merged in master; it includes a GPL script taken
from an external source that is embedded in Python code as a string. The
Python code is in Apache2. I think this melding-in effectively applies
GPL to neutron code, which is wrong.

I think the correct approach is to put the script under GPL into an
external file and then load it from disc as needed.

See
https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/neutron/+/917430/comment/009f9f98_40027b0c/
where I point out the issue and suggest a solution.

I think this should be a blocker for the next release.

** Affects: neutron
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Potential GPL violation in master branch due to GPL script embedded
  into Apache2 python code

Status in neutron:
  New

Bug description:
  conntrackd support was merged in master; it includes a GPL script
  taken from an external source that is embedded in Python code as a
  string. The Python code is in Apache2. I think this melding-in
  effectively applies GPL to neutron code, which is wrong.

  I think the correct approach is to put the script under GPL into an
  external file and then load it from disc as needed.

  See
  https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/neutron/+/917430/comment/009f9f98_40027b0c/
  where I point out the issue and suggest a solution.

  I think this should be a blocker for the next release.

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