[see also bug#625908, cc-ed] Please can you add libmath-random-perl to the whitelist for non-free autobuilding. According to debian/copyright, the reason for it being non-free is due to restrictions that prevent copying/distribution for "direct commercial advantage". As far as I can see, this does not prevent the module from being auto-built.
The copyright already states that the package is auto-buildable. I will add the XS-AutoBuild field to the control file in our svn repo (to be included in the next upload) if I receive an ACK from you. The full copyright for the non-free portions of the package, for reference: ------ Files: randlib.c, com.c, randlib.h Copyright: © Association for Computing Machinery License: ACM Submittal of an algorithm for publication in one of the ACM Transactions implies that unrestricted use of the algorithm within a computer is permissible. General permission to copy and distribute the algorithm without fee is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage. The ACM copyright notice and the title of the publication and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the Association for Computing Machinery. To copy otherwise, or to republish, requires a fee and/or specific permission. . Krogh, F. "Algorithms Policy." ACM Tran. Math. Softw. 13 (1987), 183-186. . Note, however, that only the particular expression of an algorithm can be copyrighted, not the algorithm per se; see 17 USC 102(b). . The authors of Math::Random placed the Randlib code that we have written in the public domain. ------ Many thanks, -- Chris Butler <[email protected]> On behalf of the Debian Perl Group GnuPG Key ID: 4096R/49E3ACD3
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