CDDL in system library

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libxcrypt contains some code from OpenSolaris to implement their password hashing. It's licensed under the CDDL:

/*
 * CDDL HEADER START
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the
 * Common Development and Distribution License, Version 1.0 only
 * (the "License").  You may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.
 *
 * You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE
 * or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions
 * and limitations under the License.
 *
 * When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each
 * file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE.
 * If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the
 * fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying
 * information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
 *
 * CDDL HEADER END
 */
/*
 * Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 */

The rest of the library is a combination of 3-clause BSD, 2-clause BSD (ISC), LGPLv2+, CC0 or a public domain dedication,

Applications do not link to this code directly, but they will use it automatically if needed, e.g. if /etc/shadow contains passwords hashed in this way.

Is this a problem? I think we could patch libxcrypt to remove support at run-time if necessary, with little practical impact.

Thanks,
Florian
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