BOINC: lib/cal.h license issue agree with the DFSG?

2010-01-01 Thread Fernando C. Estrada
Hi In the #debian-devel channel, Nicolás Álvarez ask about this BOINC's license issue, and in the pkg-boinc-devel team want to know your opinion: The BOINC source code were debianized to packages that meet the DFSG, and the Copyright include only compatible licenses (discarding all the files

Re: BOINC: lib/cal.h license issue agree with the DFSG?

2010-01-01 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:46:27 -0600 Fernando C. Estrada wrote: Hi Hi! :) [...] Now, the doubt is in the lib/cal.h file, because includes the license pasted at the end of this message. I personally see various problems with this file. Assuming that the license you quoted constitutes the

Re: BOINC: lib/cal.h license issue agree with the DFSG?

2010-01-01 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Friday 01 January 2010 2:57:18 pm Francesco Poli wrote: /* Copyright (c) 2007 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use of this material is permitted under the following conditions: I

Re: BOINC: lib/cal.h license issue agree with the DFSG?

2010-01-01 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 03:13:58PM -0800, Sean Kellogg wrote: On Friday 01 January 2010 2:57:18 pm Francesco Poli wrote: /* Copyright (c) 2007 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use of

Re: BOINC: lib/cal.h license issue agree with the DFSG?

2010-01-01 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Friday 01 January 2010 5:11:09 pm Steve Langasek wrote: On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 03:13:58PM -0800, Sean Kellogg wrote: On Friday 01 January 2010 2:57:18 pm Francesco Poli wrote: /* Copyright (c) 2007 Advanced Micro

POV-Ray 3.7 beta in experimental, but non-redistributable

2010-01-01 Thread Nicolas Alvarez
POV-Ray 3.7 beta is available from povray.org as compiled binaries for Microsoft Windows, and as source code tarballs. It's the first time the developers make source code available during beta development (usually there were only binaries available until the final release). However, the betas

Re: POV-Ray 3.7 beta in experimental, but non-redistributable

2010-01-01 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Sat, Jan 02, 2010 at 01:55:18AM -0300, Nicolas Alvarez a écrit : Today I found that POV-Ray 3.7 is packaged in experimental: http://packages.debian.org/experimental/povray This seems to violate the beta license in *every possible way*. Here are the restrictions, taken from one of the

Re: POV-Ray 3.7 beta in experimental, but non-redistributable

2010-01-01 Thread Nicolas Alvarez
Charles Plessy wrote: Dear Nicolas, indeed, the Debian copyright file of the povray does not mention written permissions from Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd. I think that this is enough to open a Serious bug on the Debian povray package (version 3.7.0~beta29-1). If the povray