Several octave-forge packages have been updated to Debian unstable and are
waiting in the NEW queue [1] for ftp-master approval.

In building the Debian packages, we found some licensing problems.  We are
maintaining a TODO file with the list of issues, available in our SVN
repository [2] (you will find below the current version of this file).  Some
of these problems have been already reported and discussed in octave-dev.

We decided to go ahead and upload the packages despite of the above,
essentially because we believe these are not real problems, just cases
needing clarifications.

We thank the octave-dev developers in advance for fixing the issues listed.

[1] http://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html
[2] 
http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-octave/octave-forge-pkgs/TODO?op=file&rev=0&sc=0

Rafael


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copyright stuff (things that still need some review)

audio:
        aurecord.1 (Dirk Edenbuettel)
        endpoint.doc (?)
        sample.wav (GPL is not a good idea, unless that file was created with a 
hex editor)
        src/Make*

communications:
        doc/comms.pdf (no source shipped (included in SVN)? => mail sent to 
octave-forge list)
        inst/doc.info (same)

econometrics:
        kernel_density_cvscore.m (no license statement)
        kernel_regression_cvscore (ditto)
fixed

general:
        inst/fcnchk.m (trivial fucntion, no copyright statement)

gsl:
        src/double_double_to_double.cc.template,
        src/int_int_double_to_double.cc.template,
        src/double_mode_to_double.cc.template,
        src/int_to_double.cc.template
        src/double_to_double.cc.template,
        src/int_double_to_double.cc.template
        (no copyright statement)

image:
        src/__magick_read__.cc (no copyright statement)

        bwimage.cc (no license conditions)

linear-algebra:
        src/test_gsvd.m (no copyright statement, it is just a test script)

miscellaneous:
        inst/grep.m, inst/inz.m, inst/nze.m, src/octave.dtd,
        src/listencanfork.c (no copyright statement)

        src/listen.cc (no copyright statement, contains code taken
        from the Unix Programming FAQ, Copyright © 2000 Andrew
        Gierth, but without license conditions)

nnet:
        doc/pdf/neuralNetworkToolboxForOctaveUsersGuide.pdf (no
        copyright statement, no sources)

octcdf:
        inst/example_netcdf.m, inst/example_opendap.m (no copyright statement)

odepkg:
        inst/doc.info (no copyright owner, no sources)

optim:
        inst/wsolve.m (no copyright owner)

        doc/mintoolkit.pdf (no copyright statement, no sources)

        doc/optim-mini-howto-2.pdf (no copyright year, no sources;
        it's GFDL, is it DFSG-compatible?)

optiminterp:
        inst/example_optiminterp.m (no copyright statement)

parallel:
        src/swab.h (no copyright statement)

plot:
        inst/zoom.m (dummy file; I think it is okay to distribute
        it without copyright statement)

        src/grab.cc, src/gpick.cc
        These files contain the statement
         * This contains bits of code hacked from the
         * X Consortium and from Octave. Please see the
         * appropriate licences. The rest is mine, and
         * you can do what you want with that part.
        What should we do?

        inst/ginput.m (seems to be GPL, but has unclear statement)

signal:
        inst/flattopwin.m (file in public domain but without copyright
        statement)
        inst/hann.m (one-line function without copyright statement)

sockets:
        src/sockets.cc (no copyright statement; should we assume the
        same as in DESCRITPION?)

symbolic:
        doc/symbolic.html (no source and/or no copyright statement)

vrml:
        doc/vrml-mini-howto-1.pdf (no source)


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