Summary: cluster3 can not enter Debian main until the src/command.c file is
relicensed by Stanford
On Thu, Feb 6, 2020 at 10:00 AM Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi,
>
> since more than two years we did not heard any news regarding the
> license of X11/gui.c which is as far as I can see the only code inside
> the cluster3 code that does not feature a free license. Since I
> consider the non-GUI code as valuable for Debian users (thanks to the
> authors who considered a free license) I propose hereby to remove
>X11/gui.c
> from the source package and move cluster3 to Debian main.
So if only the GUI code descends from Michael Eisen's code, then we can
move the package out of "non-free", yes.
However, the non-free license is still present in the src/command.c and
that file is required for /usr/bin/cluster3 (and the perl and python
modules which we aren't even building yet)
> Those who
> consider the GUI an important part of the program are kindly invited to
>
> 1. Keep on contacting the author to consider a free license
> 2. Create a separate package cluster3-gui residing in non-free
>
> Kind regards
>
> Andreas.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 06:01:37PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > Hello Michiel,
> >
> > I'm writing you again[1] about the license of Cluster 3.0.
> > Unfortunately nothing has happended since then since I did not found any
> > contact information.
> >
> > As license statement you are refering to
> >
> > http://rana.lbl.gov/EisenSoftwareSource.htm
> >
> > The fact that this URL does not exist any more is a good example why
> > using URLs instead of an explicit license text is not a good idea. The
> > current situation is that your software does not have any license at all
> > any more which would even make it non-distributable even in the non-free
> > area of the Debian mirror.
> >
> > I really appreciate that you agreed to a free license and I absolutely
> > share your assumption that Michael Eisen would probably agree as well.
> > Unfortunately I have no idea how to reach a person who could clarify the
> > license. In any case it would be a really good start if you would use a
> > free license for your own code and add the original license text to the
> > downloadable file.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Andreas.
> >
> > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2016/02/msg0.html
> >
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> >
> >
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