* Steven G. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-30 00:09]: > Package: octave-sp > Version: 1:2003-4 > Severity: serious > Justification: Policy 2.2.1 > > The copyright file lists the following: > > COPYRIGHT 1994 LIEVEN VANDENBERGHE AND STEPHEN BOYD > Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for > any purpose without fee is hereby granted, provided that this entire > notice is included in all copies of any software which is or includes > a copy or modification of this software and in all copies of the > supporting documentation for such software. > > Notice that it only grants permission to use/copy/modify "without fee". > Thus, this software cannot be distributed commercially and hence > violates the DFSG. (Probably the authors intended "without fee" to > apply to the permission, not as a condition on distribution etc., but > unfortunately that does not follow unambiguously from a literal > reading.) > > However, I happen to know Stephen Boyd personally (he is a Stanford > professor), and he is a big free-software and GNU/Linux proponent who > would doubtless be happy to clarify the license terms (or just switch to > the standard MIT/X11 license language) if contacted.
I think that you are right: the sentence in the COPYRIGHT file is ambiguous and must be clarified. However, before contacting the upstream author, I would like to know whether this package works with Octave 2.9. Does anyone know? I have never used the semidef-oct package myself... -- Rafael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
