Summary: cluster3 can not enter Debian main until the src/command.c file is relicensed by Stanford
On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 10:00 AM Andreas Tille <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > since more than two years we did not heard any news regarding the > license of X11/gui.c which is as far as I can see the only code inside > the cluster3 code that does not feature a free license. Since I > consider the non-GUI code as valuable for Debian users (thanks to the > authors who considered a free license) I propose hereby to remove > X11/gui.c > from the source package and move cluster3 to Debian main. So if only the GUI code descends from Michael Eisen's code, then we can move the package out of "non-free", yes. However, the non-free license is still present in the src/command.c and that file is required for /usr/bin/cluster3 (and the perl and python modules which we aren't even building yet) > Those who > consider the GUI an important part of the program are kindly invited to > > 1. Keep on contacting the author to consider a free license > 2. Create a separate package cluster3-gui residing in non-free > > Kind regards > > Andreas. > > > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 06:01:37PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > > Hello Michiel, > > > > I'm writing you again[1] about the license of Cluster 3.0. > > Unfortunately nothing has happended since then since I did not found any > > contact information. > > > > As license statement you are refering to > > > > http://rana.lbl.gov/EisenSoftwareSource.htm > > > > The fact that this URL does not exist any more is a good example why > > using URLs instead of an explicit license text is not a good idea. The > > current situation is that your software does not have any license at all > > any more which would even make it non-distributable even in the non-free > > area of the Debian mirror. > > > > I really appreciate that you agreed to a free license and I absolutely > > share your assumption that Michael Eisen would probably agree as well. > > Unfortunately I have no idea how to reach a person who could clarify the > > license. In any case it would be a really good start if you would use a > > free license for your own code and add the original license text to the > > downloadable file. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Andreas. > > > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2016/02/msg00000.html > > > > -- > > http://fam-tille.de > > > > > > -- > http://fam-tille.de > > -- Michael R. Crusoe
