On Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 09:09:40 (-0700) Alan W. Irwin writes: > Hi Maurice: > > I have some questions for you at the end.
OK, inline below. > On 2011-07-29 17:13+0530 Atri Bhattacharya wrote: > > > Hi! > > I package plplot rpms for openSUSE. I am a little confused about the > > licence header mentioned in the file > > plplot/plplot-5.9.7/bindings/tk/about.tcl > > that says > > ------------------------------------ > > The PLPLOT package is freely distributable, but NOT in the public > > domain. The PLPLOT source code, except header files and those files > > explicitly granting permission, may not be used in a commercial software > > package without consent of the authors. You are allowed and encouraged > > to include the PLPLOT object library and header files in a commercial > > package provided that: (1) it is explicitly and prominently stated that > > the PLPLOT library is freely available, and (2) the full copyrights on > > the PLPLOT package > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Is this statement not in conflict with PLplot's otherwise LGPL licence? > > Yes. > > > Is this simply a remnant of an old licence, and needs to cleared out? > > Virtually positive. "svn diff" shows the last substantial change to > the text was done in 1994. > > Maurice, do you agree this old licensing-type language needs to be cleared > out and > replaced with a reference to the LGPL instead? Absolutely. We were remiss in not clearing that out to begin with. > Do you also agree there is lots of other extremely dated information > in that file (references to old institutions, e-mail addresses, and > operating systems) that should be removed? Definitely. I know there are still references to our long-dead original hosting machine (dino.ph.utexas.edu) that absurdly out of date. More than a decade. > If you agree changes should be made, do you want to update the file > yourself or do you want me to do it? If you could, I'd appreciate it, as I'm swamped at work as usual. -- Maurice LeBrun ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
