I think it will be ok to avoid using CFinder. It was originally used as an alternative algorithm to find embedded code relationships. However, it has a much higher false positive rate (it detects false relationships when it shouldn't). I was originally considering not using this part of the system for Debian because of the false positive problems.
-- Silvio On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Paul Wise <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 19:04 +1100, Silvio Cesare wrote: > >> Hi. I think I'll be able to spend March working on it. I will rewrite >> parts of and clean up the code and get it ready for packaging. > > Great! > >> The system uses a closed source tool called CFinder >> (http://www.cfinder.org/) to perform clique detection. The license of >> that software is: > ... >> Is this license ok? If not, it is possible that I could find other >> software to replace it. However, I would have to do more investigation >> to see what else is available. It is possible to not use it at all, >> but it means some useful features would not be available in the final >> system. > > That license is definitely non-free and is not yet available in Debian. > I think that we would not accept using it in Debian infrastructure. What > features would we miss out on if CFinder were unavailable? Have you > tried asking the CFinder copyright holders to re-license it under a > standard Free Software license like the GNU GPL, BSD or MIT licenses? > > I wonder if qiime could be a replacement: > > http://packages.debian.org/experimental/qiime > > If not, perhaps a standard stats/maths package could help? Or maybe the > Debian science team could help you find something useful: > > http://wiki.debian.org/Science > > -- > bye, > pabs > > http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/ca+ygn1jvsg_t+madkvz1y6wzmlvvrnxfgo98akafeqqfauk...@mail.gmail.com
