On Sun, 11 Jul 2021 at 05:35, Torrance, Douglas <dtorra...@piedmont.edu> wrote:
> On Thu 08 Jul 2021 12:24:47 AM EDT, Torrance, Douglas < > dtorra...@piedmont.edu> wrote: > > On Wed 07 Jul 2021 08:37:08 AM EDT, Doug Torrance < > dtorra...@piedmont.edu> wrote: > >> On Wed 07 Jul 2021 01:16:03 AM EDT, Nilesh Patra <nil...@debian.org> > wrote: > >>> ./src/Ada/Math_Lib/QD/READ_ME states this: > >>> > >>> The main reference for the QD-2.3.9 library is > >>> Y. Hida, X.S. Li, and D.H. Bailey: > >>> "Algorithms for quad-double precision floating point arithmetic." > >>> In 15th IEEE Symposium on Computer Arithmetic (Arith-15 2001), > >>> 11-17 June 2001, Vail, CO, USA, pages 155-162. IEEE Computer Society, > 2001. > >>> Shortened version of Technical Report LBNL-46996, > >>> software at http://crd.lbl.gov/~dhbailey/mpdist/qd-2.3.9.tar.gz. > >>> > >>> Note that the "BSD-LBNL-License" is GPL compatible, although > >>> "If you wish to use the software for commercial purposes > >>> please contact the Technology Transfer Department at t...@lbl.gov or > >>> call 510-286-6457." > >>> > >>> I admit, I'm not very sure if I understand the terms there correctly, > but > >>> should it be mentioned in d/copyright? > >>> I also see similar stuff in a lot of READ_ME files, > >>> ./src/Ada/Root_Counts/MixedVol/READ_ME for instance. > >>> > >>> Do they need to be mentioned in d/copyright? If not, IMO adding a > >>> "Comment:" and the reasoning for not adding these in copyright would be > >>> good. > >> > >> Good catch! I've sent upstream a note asking for clarification on the > license > >> of the files in this directory. > > > > Upstream confirmed that this particular feature would cause limitations > for > > commercial use due to the license. It's just one feature, though, and I > think > > that PHCpack would still be a valuable addition to Debian without it. > (For > > example, the PHCpack package in Macaulay2 doesn't use it.) > > > > I'll spend some time working on stripping this feature out to create a > > DFSG-compliant version of PHCpack and ping the list when it's ready for > another > > look. > > I've repacked the PHCpack package so that it doesn't use the non-free QD > library. I believe it's ready for another review: > https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/phcpack > Uploaded, thanks a lot for your work! Nilesh
