[Libjpeg-devel-6x] libjpeg license

[Bob F. <bfr...@si...>]

It seems that the IJG JPEG license is not OSI-Approved.  The 
libjpeg-devel-6x project (based on jpeg 6b sources) is a SourceForge 
project.  SourceForge is planning that by October 19th, all 
SourceForge projects must use an OSI-Approved license (see 
https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sitelegal/wiki/Terms_of_Use).

Besides SourceForge, Google Code already requires that projects use an 
OSI-Approved license (but only a subset).  It is pretty common that 
libjpeg becomes embedded in larger projects which could end up on an 
OSI-only site like SourceForge or Google Code.  By the end of the 
month it will be a violation of site usage policy to upload a package 
which inludes libjpeg.  This seems to be a continuing trend.

What should be done about this situation?

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
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