On 06.06.2014 22:27, Julian Taylor wrote: > On 03.06.2014 15:59, Julian Taylor wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Thorsten Alteholz >> <ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org> wrote: >>> Dear Maintainer, >>> >>> can you please explain why files containing such text: >>> (scipy-0.14.0/scipy/io/tests/data/*.sav) >>> >>> NOTICE: >>> >>> IDL Save/Restore files embody unpublished proprietary information >>> about the IDL program. Reverse engineering of this file is therefore >>> forbidden under the terms of the IDL End User License Agreement >>> (IDL EULA). All IDL users are required to read and agree to the >>> terms of the IDL EULA at the time that they install IDL. >>> Software that reads or writes files in the IDL Save/Restore format >>> must have a license from ITT Visual Information Solutions >>> explicitly granting the right to do so. In this case, the license >>> will be included with the software for your inspection. Please >>> report software that does not have such a license to >>> ITT Visual Information Solutions (i...@ittvis.com). >>> >>> can be added to main? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Thorsten >>> >>> >> >> the implementation that reads these files (scipy/io/idl.py) contains >> following statement: >> >> # This code was developed by with permission from ITT Visual Information >> # Systems. IDL(r) is a registered trademark of ITT Visual Information >> Systems, >> # Inc. for their Interactive Data Language software. >> >> I'll check with upstream if they have more detailed documentation on >> the extent of the permission. >> > > > Hi, > I have also asked debian-legal for advice. The thread is here: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2014/06/msg00001.html > > Upstream pretty much has the same opinion as Steve that the EULA is > likely not valid and not a reason to remove the code. > Details on the permission mentioned in the source have not shown up yet. > > I guess it is you the ftp-masters who will have to decide whether this > is ok for main? > Is there anything more you need before you can make a decision? > > Cheers, > Julian >
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