On 25.06.2014 19:19, Julian Taylor wrote: > On 06.06.2014 22:27, Julian Taylor wrote: >> On 03.06.2014 15:59, Julian Taylor wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Thorsten Alteholz >>> <ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org> wrote: >>>> Dear Maintainer, >>>> >>>> can you please explain why files containing such text: >>>> (scipy-0.14.0/scipy/io/tests/data/*.sav) >>>> >>>> NOTICE: >>>> >>>> IDL Save/Restore files embody unpublished proprietary information >>>> about the IDL program. Reverse engineering of this file is therefore >>>> forbidden under the terms of the IDL End User License Agreement >>>> (IDL EULA). All IDL users are required to read and agree to the >>>> terms of the IDL EULA at the time that they install IDL. >>>> Software that reads or writes files in the IDL Save/Restore format >>>> must have a license from ITT Visual Information Solutions >>>> explicitly granting the right to do so. In this case, the license >>>> will be included with the software for your inspection. Please >>>> report software that does not have such a license to >>>> ITT Visual Information Solutions (i...@ittvis.com). >>>> >>>> can be added to main? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> Thorsten >>>> >>>> >>> >>> the implementation that reads these files (scipy/io/idl.py) contains >>> following statement: >>> >>> # This code was developed by with permission from ITT Visual Information >>> # Systems. IDL(r) is a registered trademark of ITT Visual Information >>> Systems, >>> # Inc. for their Interactive Data Language software. >>> >>> I'll check with upstream if they have more detailed documentation on >>> the extent of the permission. >>> >> >> >> Hi, >> I have also asked debian-legal for advice. The thread is here: >> https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2014/06/msg00001.html >> >> Upstream pretty much has the same opinion as Steve that the EULA is >> likely not valid and not a reason to remove the code. >> Details on the permission mentioned in the source have not shown up yet. >> >> I guess it is you the ftp-masters who will have to decide whether this >> is ok for main? >> Is there anything more you need before you can make a decision? >> >> Cheers, >> Julian >> > > any news on the decision? >
ping, is this still in discussion or what is causing the delay? _______________________________________________ Python-modules-team mailing list Python-modules-team@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-modules-team
