Hi Tobias, On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 at 21:24, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <m...@tobias.gr> wrote:
[...] > > piece of code, try to publish a paper, etc.. Well the > > Reproducibility > > of Science crisis. > > That is a shame. And that while other scientists (like you) are > working hard to make research more ‘open’ and reproducible. Here 'open' is not enough. ;-) > However, even if they don't maintain the code they can still > relicence it with no effort on their part. We can still hope. The issue is really to be able to contact the author. And I am not sure this person is even the copyright holder. (In some country, the company/institute own the copyright even the code is not written in office's hours.) For example, 2 files contains: << * The author of this software is Steven Fortune. Copyright (c) 1994 by AT&T * Bell Laboratories. * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any [...] * This code was originally written by Stephan Fortune in C code. I, Shane O'Sullivan, * have since modified it, encapsulating it in a C++ class and, fixing memory leaks and * adding accessors to the Voronoi Edges. * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any [...] >> The most of the files claim: << * The author of this software is Yongchao Ge. * 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. * THIS SOFTWARE IS BEING PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED * WARRANTY. IN PARTICULAR, THE AUTHOR DOES NOT MAKE ANY * REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE MERCHANTABILITY * OF THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. >> Well, the only mention of the Artistic 1.0 license is these 3 files: README, DESCRIPTION and vignettes/flowPeaks-guide.Rnw. Does that mean I am allowed to reuse almost everything and repack in another repo licensing with a "good" license? [...] > If I'm still not making myself clear, I apologise & capitulate. I got it. Yes it is clear! > > So I will appeal to FSF/GNU. ;-) > > I admire your tenacity. Good luck! Before I need to assembling the file. :-) For example, how many packages in Bioconductor use the Artistic 1.0? Thank for all your explanation and your time. All the best, simon
