Roel Janssen <r...@gnu.org> skribis: > Ludovic Courtès writes:
[...] >> Still, according to luksan/COPYRIGHT, “[s]ubroutines PBUN, PNEW, PVAR, >> PSEN” are “for your personal use […] [n]ot for redistribution”. >> >> So my understanding is that we need to remove those four subroutines. >> The rest in that directory is LGPLv2.1+. >> >> WDYT? > > I agree to your understanding. > > A little later in the same file I found: "This library (with exception > of PBUN, PNEW, PVAR, PSEN) is a free software". > >> I don’t see it at >> <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines>. >> Debian has a package: <https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/nlopt>. >> Could you check if they apply any patches? > > I haven't found any patches. So I dug a little deeper and attempted to > remove them myself with a patch, but I haven't been able to find these > subroutines. > > I ran the following commands on the root of the source directory: > grep -i -r "pbun" . > grep -i -r "pmin" . > grep -i -r "psen" . > grep -i -r "pvar" . > > And I haven't found the routines. So I think we're safe. That could > also be why Debian doesn't have a patch for this either. Indeed. Actually, luksan/README states: [We also did not convert the PMIN, PBUN, PNEW, or PVAR subroutines since these were published in ACM Trans. on Math. Software (TOMS) and are subject to the non-free ACM licensing conditions.] So indeed, the COPYRIGHT file is confusing, but we’re safe. Sorry for the false alarm. >> Besides, I suggest reusing the bits about Guile bindings from the patch >> I sent. > > Shall I prepare a new patch? Yes please. Thank you! Ludo’.
