Copyrighted song lyrics in codebase

[Nicd]

In

davix/test/unit/response-buffer.cpp

Line 136 in 454950a

std::string contents = "We're no strangers to love. You know the rules and so do I. A full commitment's what I'm thinking of. You wouldn't get this from any other guy. I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling. Gotta make you understand. Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you. We've known each other for so long. Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it. Inside we both know what's been going on. We know the game and we're gonna play it. And if you ask me how I'm feeling. Don't tell me you're too blind to see. Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you. Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you. Never gonna give, never gonna give. (Give you up). (Ooh) Never gonna give, never gonna give. (Give you up). We've known each other for so long. Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it. Inside we both know what's been going on. We know the game and we're gonna play it. I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling. Gotta make you understand. Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you. Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry. Never gonna say goodbye. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you. Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry.";

the lyrics of Rick Astley's hit song Never Gonna Give You Up are used. As far as I know, the song lyrics have not been released under a free license. The file copyright statement also claims that the whole file is © Cern which is at odds with the inclusion of the lyrics.

Related issue in the Debian bug tracker: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1012467

[mpatrascoiu]

Thank you for mentioning this.

We are taking the right steps to address it.

Best Regards,
Mihai

[mpatrascoiu]

Thank you again for reporting it.

Clearly, the intention was not to use the lyrics in an unauthorized manner.
The use of the lyrics has been removed from the repository and its history.

Closing this ticket.