Hello, Several months ago, I asked a question [1] concerning inclusion of copyrighted headers in a project I want to distribute in debian.
I have since contacted the copyright owners of the different libraries I interact with, asking them for permission to redistribute their header in my project. So far, the answers are positive. I have mails from gurobi stating that I am allowed to redistribute the said headers, and I have to let them know if I need something more formal. And IBM engineers said they would talk with their legal department. So, I am allowed to redistribute the gurobi header within my project, but not to relicense it (so far). I want to include the following statement in the file, to explain that the said header was taken from a closed source software and is that the MIT license does not apply here. /* * Copyright 2010-2012, Gurobi Optimization, Inc. * * Redistribution of this file as part of lazylpsolverlibs has been kindly * authorized by Gurobi. However, the license of the rest of this project * does *not* apply to this file. * * It is generally fine to redistribute this file in any distribution package * (pick any of your favourite linux/bsd flavor) of this project. * For any other purpose, you may want ask Gurobi directly. If you are unsure * about what you can/should do with this file, the general recommendation is * to ask them. * * I am not a lawyer. This statement is purely informational and holds no * legal value. * */ I know that automatically makes my software non free, but do you think that at least, this software can be distributed in the non-free repository? Should I come back to the copyright owner and if so, what should I ask for? [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2012/07/msg00012.html Cheers, Christophe-Marie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAHLp1YmL13XPFa2PTeCD1h4=sDXfexNBeFOdoY=ywyj4yru...@mail.gmail.com
