[maemo-developers] why is gtk20-l10n package in 'non-free' ?

[From: Christian Persch]

Hi;

I had a look at the
http://repository.maemo.org/dists/fremantle/sdk/non-free/binary-armel/Packages.gz
packages file, and was amazed to find the gtk+ translations in there.
Its source package appears to be
http://repository.maemo.org/pool/fremantle/free/g/gtk20-l10n/gtk20-l10n_4.5+0m5.tar.gz
— in 'free' !

The package's copyright file says:
"
This package (gtk20-l10n) was created by Nokia
L10n Team, contact <l10n at maemo.org> for questions.

Based on the Gtk+ translations.
The original translations are under the LGPL.
"

Firstly, this doesn't clearly say which licence this package pretends to
be available under. 

More importantly, these translations are 'based on'
the original gtk translations, which are LGPL2+, and they are
translations of strings that are LGPL2+ since gtk+ is LGPL2+. As
translations are derived works, these translations are themselves
clearly [L]GPL too.

So this package should be in 'free'.

Finally, the source .tar.gz is missing a copy of the LGPL.

Regards,
	Christian