I've been in contact with the FastAC authors, and Amir Said has replied indicating that they would like their code to be used in Free Software projects:
On 08/22/2014 01:51 AM, Amir Said wrote: > Hi, > > Our main objective was to avoid people modifying the code, > redistributing it, and we receiving complaints that "our" code wasn't > working... > > I'll be glad to see it used in Free Software projects..., and a link > to our book > > http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/engineering/communications-and-signal-processing/digital-signal-compression-principles-and-practice > > would be nice, but not essential ;-) > > What do we need to do? > > Amir I've recommended that they publish updated FastAC code in which the license is changed to the 2-clause BSD license which is closest to the current license. Or the BSD-3-Clause or its Clear variant, for broadest compatibility for use in Free Software projects. And explained that using GPL2+ would prevent the use in BSD licensed projects. I think it's safe to reject the laszip package in its current form. And I'll work with the FastAC and LASzip developers to get the relicensed FastAC code included in a new LASzip release which I'll then resubmit for ftp-master review in the NEW queue. Kind Regards, Bas -- GPG Key ID: 4096R/E88D4AF1 Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1 _______________________________________________ Pkg-grass-devel mailing list Pkg-grass-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grass-devel