Hi Jonathan, thanks for pointing that out!. I think that metis-authors just shortened the license, I will try to contact them. But for now, I do not think it is a big deal to provide the full text of the license, taken from another source, where random.c is used.
Cheers Anton 2014-08-20 0:04 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com>: > Source: metis > Version: 5.1.0.dfsg-3 > Severity: serious > Justification: undistributable > Tags: upstream > > Hi Anton et al, > > The copyright file of metis says the following is the license for > GKlib/random.c: > > Copyright 2004, Makoto Matsumoto and Takuji Nishimura > > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS > "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT > LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR > A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT > OWNER OR > CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, > EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR > PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF > LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING > NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS > SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > > That's a warranty disclaimer --- it doesn't say anything about how > people can use, modify, or distribute this software. > > For comparison, > http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/VERSIONS/C-LANG/mt19937-64.c > has the same code (for the Mersenne-Twister part) and says > > Copyright (C) 2004, Makoto Matsumoto and Takuji Nishimura, > All rights reserved. > > Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions > are met: > > 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. > > 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in > the > documentation and/or other materials provided with the > distribution. > > 3. The names of its contributors may not be used to endorse or > promote > products derived from this software without specific prior > written > permission. > > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS > "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT > LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR > A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT > OWNER OR > CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, > EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR > PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF > LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING > NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS > SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > > Could GKlib/random.c and debian/copyright use that license? Or > alternatively, could metis use another copy of mersenne twister, e.g. > from libgmp if it has one? > > Thanks, > Jonathan > > -- > debian-science-maintainers mailing list > debian-science-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debian-science-maintainers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
