Re: Bug#290362: www.debian.org: Please add Root to list of programs that cannot be packaged
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:09:41 -0500 Kevin McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are two problems: first, the license [1] forbids redistribution of modified binaries without permission of the authors, which some have argued makes it unsuitable even for non-free [2]; second, and worse, the software contains what appears to be code derived from cernlib (GPL) [3] and Xclass(LGPL) [4] while having a license incompatible with either. [1] http://root.cern.ch/root/License.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/01/msg00297.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/01/msg00281.html [3] http://cernlib.web.cern.ch/cernlib/conditions.html [4] http://xclass.sourceforge.net/ This is most unfortunate, since Root is a very useful tool and a number of interesting projects are based on it, but I don't see how Debian can legally package it, even in non-free, until upstream changes their license. I read the threads you linked to above, but I couldn't find a reference to anybody explaining the ROOT guys what the problem is. Did anybody try, what was their response? grts Tim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#290362: www.debian.org: Please add Root to list of programs that cannot be packaged
Sam Watkins wrote: I wrote to them just now, and Fons said: Hi Sam, we are in the process of removing the single non OS limitation from our license in the very near future (coming months/weeks). The xclass derived work is solely contained in one single library libGui. The author of xclass is very aware of our work and ROOT is referenced from the xclass web pages. Anyway, stay tuned for the announcement of ROOT being completely OS. I guess this is good news! Very cool! I'm CC-ing this to Ricardo Yanez, the latest person to ITP Root. -- Kevin B. McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/Princeton University GPG public key ID: 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#290362: www.debian.org: Please add Root to list of programs that cannot be packaged
Package: www.debian.org Severity: wishlist Hello, Could someone please add Root (http://root.cern.ch/) to the list of software that cannot be packaged, http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/unable-to-package ? There have been several attempts at ITPs: http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/1999/12/msg9.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/01/msg00278.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2004/12/msg00278.html There are two problems: first, the license [1] forbids redistribution of modified binaries without permission of the authors, which some have argued makes it unsuitable even for non-free [2]; second, and worse, the software contains what appears to be code derived from cernlib (GPL) [3] and Xclass (LGPL) [4] while having a license incompatible with either. [1] http://root.cern.ch/root/License.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/01/msg00297.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/01/msg00281.html [3] http://cernlib.web.cern.ch/cernlib/conditions.html [4] http://xclass.sourceforge.net/ This is most unfortunate, since Root is a very useful tool and a number of interesting projects are based on it, but I don't see how Debian can legally package it, even in non-free, until upstream changes their license. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-powerpc Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) regards, -- Kevin B. McCarty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/Princeton University GPG public key ID: 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
