tags 435209 + patch stop Hello,
While I was looking at the sources of the new LabPlot version 1.6.0, that was recently released on 2007-12-17, I noticed that it fixes some issues that were reported in this bug report. I took this as opportunity to rewrite labplot's current debian/copyright file in the new machine-readable format that is outlined in http://wiki.debian.org/Proposals/CopyrightFormat. My rewritten copyright file is attached; the latest version of this file should always be available in my private LabPlot repository: http://git.debian.org/?p=users/fst/labplot.git;a=blob;f=debian/copyright;hb=HEAD On Monday 30 July 2007 05:27:53 Steven G. Johnson wrote: > Several clarifications seem to be needed with respect to the license > seem to be needed in the copyright file. > > 1) First, the NetCDF license listed states: > > Further, UCAR requests that the user credit UCAR/Unidata in any > publications that result from the use of this software or in any product > that includes this software. > > If this is read as an obligation, it would be a BSD-like advertising > clause that would conflict with the GPL. However, the upstream NetCDF > authors have clarified the license to read > (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/copyright.html): > > Further, UCAR requests that the user credit UCAR/Unidata in any > publications that result from the use of this software or in any product > that includes this software, although this is not an obligation. > > I would recommend updating the netCDF code (and license statement) to > a recent upstream version, to remove any doubt about the GPL > compatibility. Upstream has updated the included netCDF copy to version 3.6.2. It's COPYRIGHT file now states that crediting UCAR/Unidata is not an obligation. > 2) Second, several files do not seem to be GPL-licensed, and their legal > status is unclear. > > audiofile/extended.c is listed as "Copyright (C) 1988-1991 Apple > Computer, Inc. All rights reserved." with no further permissions. This > file looks dangerously non-free. > > audiofile/g711.c is "a product of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and is provided > for unrestricted use. Users may copy or modify this source code without > charge." Unfortunately, this is quite a sloppy legal license, and does > not explicitly grant the right to *sell* the software (required to be > DFSG-free) and not just "use" it. The audiofile sources have been removed from the 1.6.0 upstream tarball. > 3) Although the copyright file lists the code as GPL version 2 only, I > can find no such restriction in the source code. I can't find a single > file that lists the copyright as being version 2 only...the files that > mention the GPL all list the copyright as being version 2 or later. > If the code is v2 or later, as opposed to v2-only, the debian/copyright > file needs to say so. Right, I've updated this in my new debian/copyright file. Grüße, Frank
This package was debianized by Helen Faulkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 7 Oct 2004 22:46:19 +0100. It was downloaded from http://labplot.sourceforge.net/ Upstream Author: Stefan Gerlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Files: * Copyright: © 2003-2007 Stefan Gerlach License: GPL-2+ Files: cephes/* Copyright: © 1984-1985, 1987-1989, 1991-1993, 1995-1996 Stephen L. Moshier License: GPL-2 The file cephes/COPYING states: This software is derived from the Cephes Math Library. It is incorporated herein, and licensed in accordance with the Gnu General Public License, Version 2, by permission of the author. This email from Steve Moshier, the copyright owner of cephes, to Helen Faulkner (Debian maintainer of labplot), and other interested parties (labplot and grace authors, grace maintainer and labplot sponsor), confirms that we may release labplot with cephes licensed under the GPL. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: licensing of cephes Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 21:48:02 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Moshier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Helen Faulkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stefan Gerlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Helen Faulkner wrote: > http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines This is fine with me. To acknowedge your terms explicily, how about augmenting the permission to read something like the following -- This software is derived from the Cephes Math Library. It is incorporated herein, and licensed in accordance with DFSG, by permission of the author. If you are trying to get me to suggest a specific form for your license, then from looking at Debian programs such as dpkg it seems to me that you would find the GPL to be appropriate and the permission statement could reference one of the GPL documents instead of DFSG. Alternatively, the packages you have been talking about distributing with Debian presumably come with some sort of licenses and it would make sense to propose those licenses. 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