Re: Freemat license issue

2008-06-29 Thread Neil Williams
On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 18:38 +0200, Giuseppe Iuculano wrote: > Neil Williams ha scritto: > > >> freemat needs some files (*.f) that are not exists as a separate package > >> in Debian > > > > If those are generated files, the -dev should provide them. > > If they are source files (i.e. modifiable)

Re: Freemat license issue

2008-06-29 Thread Giuseppe Iuculano
Neil Williams ha scritto: >> freemat needs some files (*.f) that are not exists as a separate package >> in Debian > > If those are generated files, the -dev should provide them. > If they are source files (i.e. modifiable), these files must be > explicitly covered by a compatible licence. You do

Re: Freemat license issue

2008-06-29 Thread Neil Williams
On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 17:47 +0200, Giuseppe Iuculano wrote: > Neil Williams ha scritto: > > Do you mean these are embedded source? Source code that already exists > > as a separate package in Debian should not be duplicated in NEW > > packages. Use the existing library support and remove the unwant

Re: Freemat license issue

2008-06-29 Thread Giuseppe Iuculano
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Neil Williams ha scritto: > Do you mean these are embedded source? Source code that already exists > as a separate package in Debian should not be duplicated in NEW > packages. Use the existing library support and remove the unwanted > source files fro

Re: Freemat license issue

2008-06-29 Thread Neil Williams
On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 14:44 +0200, Giuseppe Iuculano wrote: > Neil Williams ha scritto: > > > You cannot assert that a licence applies (by patching the files to > > declare a licence attribution) if you do not have confirmation from the > > copyright holders of those files. i.e. you cannot claim t

Re: Freemat license issue

2008-06-29 Thread Giuseppe Iuculano
Neil Williams ha scritto: > You cannot assert that a licence applies (by patching the files to > declare a licence attribution) if you do not have confirmation from the > copyright holders of those files. i.e. you cannot claim that these files > are under any particular licence if upstream have no

Re: Freemat license issue

2008-06-29 Thread Neil Williams
On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 13:57 +0200, Giuseppe Iuculano wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to package Freemat, Mathematics Framework, but Bernd Zeimetz > informed me that Freemat's upstream are violating the copyright/license > of minpack by not adding the proper copyright/license statements in some > fi

Freemat license issue

2008-06-29 Thread Giuseppe Iuculano
Hello, I'm trying to package Freemat, Mathematics Framework, but Bernd Zeimetz informed me that Freemat's upstream are violating the copyright/license of minpack by not adding the proper copyright/license statements in some files. I and Bernd Zeimetz have asked upstream to fix it,but never got a r