Hi Maurice: I have some questions for you at the end.
On 2011-07-29 17:13+0530 Atri Bhattacharya wrote: > Hi! > I package plplot rpms for openSUSE. I am a little confused about the > licence header mentioned in the file > plplot/plplot-5.9.7/bindings/tk/about.tcl > that says > ------------------------------------ > The PLPLOT package is freely distributable, but NOT in the public > domain. The PLPLOT source code, except header files and those files > explicitly granting permission, may not be used in a commercial software > package without consent of the authors. You are allowed and encouraged > to include the PLPLOT object library and header files in a commercial > package provided that: (1) it is explicitly and prominently stated that > the PLPLOT library is freely available, and (2) the full copyrights on > the PLPLOT package > ------------------------------------ > > Is this statement not in conflict with PLplot's otherwise LGPL licence? Yes. > Is this simply a remnant of an old licence, and needs to cleared out? Virtually positive. "svn diff" shows the last substantial change to the text was done in 1994. Maurice, do you agree this old licensing-type language needs to be cleared out and replaced with a reference to the LGPL instead? Do you also agree there is lots of other extremely dated information in that file (references to old institutions, e-mail addresses, and operating systems) that should be removed? If you agree changes should be made, do you want to update the file yourself or do you want me to do it? Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
