Hi,
I intend to package bipartite for Debian since some R package needs
it to run its test suite. Our ftpmaster who is checking licensing
issues stumbled upon the file src\MersenneTwister.h. It contains
an additional clause to the license which says:
// The original code included the following notice:
//
// When you use this, send an email to: matum...@math.keio.ac.jp
// with an appropriate reference to your work.
//
// It would be nice to CC: rjwag...@writeme.com and co...@math.washington.edu
// when you write.
Would you please clarify how far the "original code" is changed? Its
also hard to interpret what the "send an email to" might mean. Should
every user who is using the bipartite package send an e-mail to the
authors? That's really hard to realise since we can not guarantee that
every user will read the copyright statement of all software that is
installed. So some clarification what that clause might mean would be
appreciated.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2020 23:00:08 +0000
From: Joerg Jaspert <ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org>
To: Andreas Tille <ti...@debian.org>, Debian R Packages Maintainers
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Subject: r-cran-bipartite_2.15-1_amd64.changes REJECTED
Hi Maintainer,
rejected, sorry, but src\MersenneTwister.h is not GPL.
Also, how much is that code there based on "the original code"? See
the paragraph directly below the license. The requirement there is
*NOT* nice for inclusion in Debian.
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