I think the wiki page Carsten made on https://wiki.debian.org/KiCad/ngspice is a good overview of that.
2018-01-02 23:43 GMT+01:00 Carsten Schoenert <[email protected]>: > Hello Tomasz, > > Am 02.01.2018 um 23:20 schrieb Tomasz Wlostowski: > > Forgive my ignorance, but what's the problem with ngspice's license that > > makes it non-free? > > the license situation for ngspice 27 is much better than before but > there are still files or folders licensed by a non free-license from the > Debian POV. > > I've tried to summarize the current situation in the dedicated readme > file for the source. This needs for sure some more explanation as for > this that file exactly exists. > > https://github.com/tijuca/ngspice-dfsg/blob/debian/sid/ > debian/README.source > > Especially the manual (extra tarball) and documentation still can't go > into Debian main due the used license SPICEDOC e.g. > > Some more old conversation about the outstanding license issues in > version 26 can be found in a old discussion on debian-legal with some > more background info. > > The whole ngspice source is a rabbit hole from a legal view. It shows > how important exact copyright and license information are! > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2016/10/msg00040.html > > -- > Regards > Carsten Schoenert > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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