On 07/18/2012 12:13 AM, Steffen Möller wrote: > Hello, Hi all,
> On 07/17/2012 06:13 PM, Olivier Sallou wrote: >> I have seen Reputer in Debian tasks. >> >> Its license should be modified to "non-commercial". >> Furthermore, we cannot download the software. To get it, one need to >> send a document to the author S. Kurtz. >> I have already been in contact with him for other software, and he does >> not wish to free those softwares as he still gets some money through >> licensing to commercial companies. >> >> This impacts RepeatFinder as it depends on Reputer.... > > We have Rosetta and VMD as prior art of "accessible source for some > individuals". > @Sascha, should you happen to find the leisure and prepare Debian > packages for Reputer, it would be nice to consider adding the > debian folder to the subversion repository. I have just talked to Stefan (Kurtz) about this and apparently he is not interested in making REPuter available, even in binary form, without a signed written license agreement. So that means it is not just about "accessible source for some individuals", the problem rather being the uncontrollable nature of distributing the software via a Debian repository. Regarding source, the source code of REPuter is also not open. By the way, the REPuter functionality is now contained in the Vmatch software suite (http://www.vmatch.de), which is similarly licensed. Sorry to disappoint, but it seems quite unlikely that a package will ever come up for this software. > Many greetings > Steffen Best, Sascha -- Sascha Steinbiss Center for Bioinformatics University of Hamburg Bundesstr. 43 20146 Hamburg Germany Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.zbh.uni-hamburg.de/steinbiss Phone: +49 (40) 42838 7322 FAX: +49 (40) 42838 7312 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
