Name restriction and forced acknowledgement OK?

2012-02-13 Thread Ole Streicher
Dear list members, I intent to package the ANSI C library of IAU-SOFA http://bugs.debian.org/659639, which has a non-usual (?) license agreement http://www.iausofa.org/tandc.html. Especially, I worry about two points: 1. Not allowed to use the original names in changed code:

Re: Name restriction and forced acknowledgement OK?

2012-02-13 Thread Mark Weyer
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:19:04AM +0100, Ole Streicher wrote: -8- [...] In general, people on this list tend to prefer full license texts plus the boilerplate. 3. You [...] may [...] adapt its code [...] That portion

Re: Name restriction and forced acknowledgement OK?

2012-02-13 Thread Olе Streicher
Mark Weyer m...@weyer-zuhause.de writes: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:19:04AM +0100, Ole Streicher wrote: -8- In general, people on this list tend to prefer full license texts plus the boilerplate. I'll put the full text at the

Re: Name restriction and forced acknowledgement OK?

2012-02-13 Thread MJ Ray
debian-de...@liska.ath.cx (Olе Streicher) Mark Weyer m...@weyer-zuhause.de writes: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:19:04AM +0100, Ole Streicher wrote: c. The name(s) of all routine(s) in your derived work shall not include the prefix iau. Non-free: It effectively forbids using a

Re: Name restriction and forced acknowledgement OK?

2012-02-13 Thread Olе Streicher
MJ Ray m...@phonecoop.coop writes: Why? It just requires that they get a different name. I would have said it fails DFSG 4. One rename is fine, but this requires that everything is renamed, which is a practical pain in the bum for no good effect, and tries to grab an infinite number of

Re: Name restriction and forced acknowledgement OK?

2012-02-13 Thread Mark Weyer
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:23:45PM +0100, Olе Streicher wrote: Mark Weyer m...@weyer-zuhause.de writes: On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:19:04AM +0100, Ole Streicher wrote: c. The name(s) of all routine(s) in your derived work shall not include the prefix iau. As you mentioned