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/msg00009.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]
