Hi again,
is it possible to give at least some answer to let us know whether this
kind of request are reaching somebody? The liberation of ffp remains
interesting for us.
Thanks a lot
Andreas.
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 01:49:29PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Gregory,
>
> may be you lost this mail somehow. I wonder whether you might reconsider
> the license for ffp.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Andreas.
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 07:00:31PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > Hi Gregory,
> >
> > I'm writing you on behalf of the Debian Med team that has the objective
> > to package Free Software that is relevant in Biology and Medicine for
> > main Debian. There is an overview what we have assembled up to now[1].
> >
> > One of my users asked me to package your programm ffp-phylogeny[1]. The
> > creation of package files went smoothly thanks to your well designed
> > build system. The needed files are injected into our packaging
> > repository[3].
> >
> > Unfortunately your license does not permit distribution by Debian since
> > it is in contrast with item 5. and 6. with the Debian Free Software
> > Guidelines[4] since commercial users / usage are discriminated by your
> > license statement. I wonder whether you might consider to change your
> > license to one of the common free licenses for instance GPL or BSD.
> >
> > Thanks for considering
> >
> > Andreas.
> >
> >
> > [1] http://blends.debian.org/med/tasks/bio
> > [2] http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffp-phylogeny/
> > [3] http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debian-med/trunk/packages/ffp/trunk/
> > [4] https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
> >
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