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Bug 417959 - app-crypt/truecrypt: DESCRIPTION is misleading
Summary: app-crypt/truecrypt: DESCRIPTION is misleading
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: Normal normal
Assignee: Dane Smith (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2012-05-28 10:47 UTC by Martin Walch
Modified: 2012-12-21 23:44 UTC (History)
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Description Martin Walch 2012-05-28 10:47:14 UTC 
DESCRIPTION="Free open-source disk encryption software"

This can give the impression that TrueCrypt's license is a free license according to the requirements of the FSF or an open source license regarding the definition of the OSI. However, this raises the question why there is a fetch restriction, and as discussed in bug #241650, TrueCrypt is not (completely) covered by a FLOSS license. So the impression that it is a FLOSS license is wrong. Therefore I suggest avoiding the words "free" and "open-source" in the DESCRIPTION field. How about

DESCRIPTION="cross-platform disk encryption software"

?
Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-05-28 12:11:32 UTC 
http://www.truecrypt.org/ says:

"Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux"

so that's where it probably originated.
Comment 2 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-12-21 22:53:35 UTC 
I suggest we stick with upstream wording.
Comment 3 Martin Walch 2012-12-21 23:44:26 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> I suggest we stick with upstream wording.

Well, I suggested to change it, because I think it would be better that way. But it will not kill me if you disagree. ;)