I am one of the members of the Debian Octave Group [1], which maintains the Octave-related packages for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. Your semidef_prog software, which was ported to Octave by A. S. Hodel, has been packaged for Debian [2] since 1998.
Only recently, it has been brought to our attention [3] the fact that the license terms in the semidef_prog's README file are incompatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines [4]. At least, the phrase "distribute this software for any purpose without fee" is ambiguous. Unless the license terms are clarified or they are switched to some standard license language (like MIT/X11 or GPL), we will be forced to removed the package from Debian, which would be a pity for our users. Just FYI, the semidef_prog software seem sto work correctly with the latest version of Octave (2.9.13). [1] http://pkg-octave.alioth.debian.org/ [2] http://packages.debian.org/unstable/math/octave-sp [3] http://bugs.debian.org/435214 [4] http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines (Please, respect the Reply-To header, in order to keep the discussion recorded in our Bug Tracking System. Thanks.) Best regards, -- Rafael Laboissiere -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]