[Bioc-devel] Fwd: Package fails to install

2022-07-27 Thread Vincent Carey
I forgot to reply all. Here is my initial response. -- Forwarded message - From: Vincent Carey Date: Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] Package fails to install To: Alemu Takele On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 8:13 AM Alemu Takele wrote: > Hi the Bioconductor

Re: [Bioc-devel] Question on GPL2 license copyright

2022-07-27 Thread Egon Willighagen
If that code is not GPL2 and therefore the full package too, then that's a license infringement. Wrapping GPL code in other code is generally only allowed when: 1. clean room reimplementation of the ideas (from what you say not the case), 2. the reused code has a clean API and can be easily be