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Subject: groops_0+git20220120+ds-1_amd64.changes REJECTED
Date: 25.06.2022 13:00
From: Thorsten Alteholz <ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org>
To: Gürkan Myczko <t...@debian.org>
Hi,
our hardworking trainees added a note to that package:
File source\external\nrlmsis2\alt2gph.F90
has a non-free wording here:
! The MSIS Software (hereinafter Software) is property of the United
States
.
│
! Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy. Methods
performed
! by this software are covered by U.S. Patent Number 10,641,925. The
Government
│
! of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary
of the Navy,
! herein grants a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to the
Software for
! academic, non-commercial, purposes only. A user of the Software
shall not:
! (i) use the Software for any non-academic, commercial purposes,
(ii) make
! any modification or improvement to the Software, (iii) disseminate
the
! Software or any supporting data to any other person or entity who
will use
! the Software for any non-academic, commercial purposes, or (iv)
copy the
! Software or any documentation related thereto except for (a)
distribution
! among the users personal computer systems, archival, or emergency
repair
e
│
! purposes, or (b) distribution for non-commercial, academic
purposes, without
! first obtaining the written consent of IP Counsel for the Naval
Research
│
! Laboratory.
There is a huge lumping together of copyright owners in d/copyright for
stanza
Files: *
This is too broad. A significant part of the files are ony (C) one or
two
authors.
License for source\external\iers\CNMTX.F has a controversial clause
(see long
thread on d.devel):
* 4. In any published work produced by the user and which includes
* results achieved by using the Software, you shall acknowledge
* that the Software was used in obtaining those results.
In the README.md there is also a CC-ND license mentioned.
Thorsten
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