On Nov 16, 2007 5:20 PM, mabshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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 ;)
Yes, this will definitely be raised again. And I like it, that Debian is very strict about this. :) Ondrej --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
