On Nov 16, 5:03 pm, Martin Albrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Thursday 15 November 2007, mabshoff wrote:
>
> > Searching some debian mailing lists I came across:
>
> > "Re: Advice on packaging SAGE" - see
> >http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2007/06/threads.html
Hello Martin,
>
> We liberated omalloc at Sage Days 2 by tracking down the original author. All
> components of Singular are now released under the GPL.
>
I know about omalloc, but the discussion isn't so much about Singular
being GPL, but:
>From http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2007/06/msg00025.html:
[begin quote]
> I don't think that is part of the license.
I don't know, but I think that at least a clarification from the
authors is
needed. Citing the license [1]:
"This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation ( version 2 of the License ); with the
following additional restrictions (which override any conflicting
restrictions in the GPL):"
Note especially the last two lines.
> After the license there is
> first a request to send in comments and bugs to a specific address,
> then a request to register yourself as user, then this
> request:
No, that's not after the license, but after the blurb which seems to
state
that those requests are additional restrictions. (Actually they
contradict
the GPL...)
But I agree that the intention is likely as you interpret it, so it
should
not be difficult to get a clarification.
Regards,
Marcus
[end quote]
If we want to get Singular into unstable these issues will most likely
be raised again, so resolving them now rather than later should be a
good thing.
I agree with you that despite those 2 lines in question Singular is
licensed under the GPL, but I am not the one making the decision for
Debian ;)
> Martin
>
Cheers,
Michael
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