On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:15:09 +0000 Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Hi Francesco,
Hi Adam! > > elmergrid/acx_metis.m4: > > As you indicate, linking GPL objects with QPL objects creates a derived > work which violates the copyright of the GPL objects. That's not what's > happening here. The file acx_metis.m4 is an m4 script, not a binary, so > there is no combined derived work, and no GPL violation. OK, so there's no GPL-compatibility issue, thanks for clarifying! Can we address the non-freeness of QPL-licensed files, though? As I said, there are a number of precedents of QPL-licensed works that were considered unsuitable for main. > > ElmerGUI, Open CASCADE and readline/UMFPACK: > > % ldd /usr/bin/ElmerGUI.real | grep readl > % ldd /usr/bin/ElmerGUI.real | grep umfp > > There is no link to readline or umfpack, so there is no problem. > Binary linkages: > > ElmerGUI.real -> opencascade libraries > matc -> readline > GebhardtFactors, ElmerSolver, ElmerSolver_mpi, ViewFactors -> umfpack This clarifies the situation, thanks a lot. > > Thanks for your concern. Thanks to you for your kind reply. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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