On 15/01/15 23:39, Guilherme Brondani Torri wrote:
Thank you Walter.
Perhaps I should be more specific about the usage of the headers.
The included headers are distributed verbatim. The headers are
included verbatim (stored as a constant string) into the binary. The
headers provide physical constants and physical concepts to a model
compiler. In case the user does not have a set of headers of his own,
the binary spits out the verbatim copy to allow the model to be
processed. In other words, the user has rights over the LGPL portion
and can bypass the non-LGPL pass if he/she wishes to. (...)
So it seems it is not an integral part of the compiler, just a handy
hardcoded value. I would change the compiler (preferably at upstream) to
read those entries from individual files at /usr/share/ if not provided
by the user. Put a package with just those files in non-free. If the
compiler AND the user didn't provide those AND those default files don't
exist (non-free pkg not installed), abort with a message explaining what
they need.
If not I will think about ways not to anger and frustrate the users
offering a tool that does not work out of the box.
As I understand it, the compiler _could_ work without those headers
(assuming the unlikely case that the user had them himself). Otherwise,
it can live in contrib and depend on the non-free package.
