FS#68561 - [v2ray] Redistribting XTLS in V2Ray Violates Its Open Source License
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Opened by James Lorenz (JLorenz) - Sunday, 08 November 2020, 01:44 GMT
Last edited by Morten Linderud (Foxboron) - Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 23:38 GMT
Opened by James Lorenz (JLorenz) - Sunday, 08 November 2020, 01:44 GMT
Last edited by Morten Linderud (Foxboron) - Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 23:38 GMT
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XTLS is a library being used by V2Ray (/bin/v2ray) Forwarded From Debian Developers: https://github.com/XTLS/Go/issues/9 https://github.com/v2ray/v2ray-core/issues/2789 A component, XTLS, of V2Ray is using a "Private" license, which itself forbids the redistribution of XTLS. https://github.com/XTLS/Go/blob/main/LICENSE One cannot redistribute V2Ray under this license anymore. Please consider a patch to remove this dependency or remove V2Ray from community repo. Additional info: * package version(s) V2Ray v4.28+ * config and/or log files etc. * link to the upstream bug reports, if any https://github.com/XTLS/Go/issues/9 https://github.com/v2ray/v2ray-core/issues/2789 Steps to reproduce: |
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Closed by Morten Linderud (Foxboron)
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 23:38 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: We don't list licenses of vendored deps.
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 23:38 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't fix
Additional comments about closing: We don't list licenses of vendored deps.
See: https://github.com/XTLS/Go/commit/4c3710394d5e83f942b009e247b017abb4614654
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@rprx, the author of XTLS is actually one maintainer of V2Ray (V2Fly).
It's more like a not-so-specific license problem, rather than some license bomb.
This can maybe be fixed if we eventually migrate to SPDX license fields, but until then I'm closing as "Won't Fix"