[PATCH 2/4] gnu: Add r-bigmemory-sri.

[PATCH 2/4] gnu: Add r-bigmemory-sri.

[Roel Janssen]

* gnu/packages/statistics.scm (r-bigmemory-sri): New variable.
---
 gnu/packages/statistics.scm | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index 9e2d4a9..a50e792 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -2810,6 +2810,25 @@ via mutexes and may eventually support interprocess communication and
 message passing.")
     (license (list license:lgpl2.1 license:asl2.0))))
 
+(define-public r-bigmemory-sri
+  (package
+    (name "r-bigmemory-sri")
+    (version "0.1.3")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (cran-uri "bigmemory.sri" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32
+         "0mg14ilwdkd64q2ri9jdwnk7mp55dqim7xfifrs65sdsv1934h2m"))))
+    (build-system r-build-system)
+    (home-page
+     "http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bigmemory.sri")
+    (synopsis "A shared resource interface for the bigmemory package")
+    (description "This package provides a shared resource interface for the
+bigmemory and synchronicity packages.")
+    (license (list license:lgpl3 license:asl2.0))))
+
 (define-public r-nmf
   (package
     (name "r-nmf")
-- 
2.10.1

Re: [PATCH 2/4] gnu: Add r-bigmemory-sri.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:

> * gnu/packages/statistics.scm (r-bigmemory-sri): New variable.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/statistics.scm | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
> index 9e2d4a9..a50e792 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
> @@ -2810,6 +2810,25 @@ via mutexes and may eventually support interprocess communication and
>  message passing.")
>      (license (list license:lgpl2.1 license:asl2.0))))
>  
> +(define-public r-bigmemory-sri
> +  (package
> +    (name "r-bigmemory-sri")
> +    (version "0.1.3")
> +    (source
> +     (origin
> +       (method url-fetch)
> +       (uri (cran-uri "bigmemory.sri" version))

I think this should have a property to record the upstream name to help
the updater.

> +       (sha256
> +        (base32
> +         "0mg14ilwdkd64q2ri9jdwnk7mp55dqim7xfifrs65sdsv1934h2m"))))
> +    (build-system r-build-system)
> +    (home-page
> +     "http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bigmemory.sri")

Please pull them onto one line.

> +    (synopsis "A shared resource interface for the bigmemory
> package")

Don’t start with “A”.

> +    (description "This package provides a shared resource interface for the
> +bigmemory and synchronicity packages.")
> +    (license (list license:lgpl3 license:asl2.0))))

What does this list mean?
Also: is this LGPL3+ or LGPL3 only?

~~ Ricardo

Re: [PATCH 2/4] gnu: Add r-bigmemory-sri.

[Roel Janssen]

Ricardo Wurmus writes:

> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>> +    (description "This package provides a shared resource interface for the
>> +bigmemory and synchronicity packages.")
>> +    (license (list license:lgpl3 license:asl2.0))))
>
> What does this list mean?
> Also: is this LGPL3+ or LGPL3 only?

The CRAN page lists LGPL3 explicitly, but that could be imprecise ...
The source code package does not contain any other license indication
than waht is stated in the DESCRIPTION file (which states LGPL3 and
Apache Software License 2.0).

See:
  https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bigmemory.sri/

So, I think the only thing I can do is just follow what has been stated,
which is LGPL3 (precisely this) and Apache Software License 2.0.

WDYT?

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen

Re: [PATCH 2/4] gnu: Add r-bigmemory-sri.

[Roel Janssen]

Roel Janssen writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>
>> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>>> +    (description "This package provides a shared resource interface for the
>>> +bigmemory and synchronicity packages.")
>>> +    (license (list license:lgpl3 license:asl2.0))))
>>
>> What does this list mean?
>> Also: is this LGPL3+ or LGPL3 only?
>
> The CRAN page lists LGPL3 explicitly, but that could be imprecise ...
> The source code package does not contain any other license indication
> than waht is stated in the DESCRIPTION file (which states LGPL3 and
> Apache Software License 2.0).
>
> See:
>   https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bigmemory.sri/
>
> So, I think the only thing I can do is just follow what has been stated,
> which is LGPL3 (precisely this) and Apache Software License 2.0.

I don't know how to proceed now.  I think it's fine as the list of
licenses is the list of licenses they provide.

Are these licenses incompatible?  If so, then there's nothing I can do
either, because these are the licenses that are provided..

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen

Re: [PATCH 2/4] gnu: Add r-bigmemory-sri.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:

> Roel Janssen writes:
>
>> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>>
>>> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>>>> +    (description "This package provides a shared resource interface for the
>>>> +bigmemory and synchronicity packages.")
>>>> +    (license (list license:lgpl3 license:asl2.0))))
>>>
>>> What does this list mean?
>>> Also: is this LGPL3+ or LGPL3 only?
>>
>> The CRAN page lists LGPL3 explicitly, but that could be imprecise ...
>> The source code package does not contain any other license indication
>> than waht is stated in the DESCRIPTION file (which states LGPL3 and
>> Apache Software License 2.0).
>>
>> See:
>>   https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bigmemory.sri/
>>
>> So, I think the only thing I can do is just follow what has been stated,
>> which is LGPL3 (precisely this) and Apache Software License 2.0.
>
> I don't know how to proceed now.  I think it's fine as the list of
> licenses is the list of licenses they provide.
>
> Are these licenses incompatible?  If so, then there's nothing I can do
> either, because these are the licenses that are provided..

Usually, what we do for R is to assume “or later” because that’s how
things are usually done on CRAN.  (They also automatically expand
license declarations.)

This is not the first time this question has come up and each time I
fail to find the appropriate reference for this claim…

~~ Ricardo

Re: [PATCH 2/4] gnu: Add r-bigmemory-sri.

[Roel Janssen]

Ricardo Wurmus writes:

> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Roel Janssen writes:
>>
>>> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>>>
>>>> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>>>>> +    (description "This package provides a shared resource interface for the
>>>>> +bigmemory and synchronicity packages.")
>>>>> +    (license (list license:lgpl3 license:asl2.0))))
>>>>
>>>> What does this list mean?
>>>> Also: is this LGPL3+ or LGPL3 only?
>>>
>>> The CRAN page lists LGPL3 explicitly, but that could be imprecise ...
>>> The source code package does not contain any other license indication
>>> than waht is stated in the DESCRIPTION file (which states LGPL3 and
>>> Apache Software License 2.0).
>>>
>>> See:
>>>   https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bigmemory.sri/
>>>
>>> So, I think the only thing I can do is just follow what has been stated,
>>> which is LGPL3 (precisely this) and Apache Software License 2.0.
>>
>> I don't know how to proceed now.  I think it's fine as the list of
>> licenses is the list of licenses they provide.
>>
>> Are these licenses incompatible?  If so, then there's nothing I can do
>> either, because these are the licenses that are provided..
>
> Usually, what we do for R is to assume “or later” because that’s how
> things are usually done on CRAN.  (They also automatically expand
> license declarations.)

Well I don't think we can do that in this case because that's not what
the license field says.  In the code there's no license at all, so that
makes it even more difficult.

> This is not the first time this question has come up and each time I
> fail to find the appropriate reference for this claim…

I guess this is about the possible license incompatibility between LGPLv3
and Apache?  I tried to explain that in any case, there's nothing I can
do about it anyway..

Should I drop the patch series then?

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen

Re: [PATCH 2/4] gnu: Add r-bigmemory-sri.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>
>> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> Roel Janssen writes:
>>>
>>>> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>>>>>> +    (description "This package provides a shared resource interface for the
>>>>>> +bigmemory and synchronicity packages.")
>>>>>> +    (license (list license:lgpl3 license:asl2.0))))
>>>>>
>>>>> What does this list mean?
>>>>> Also: is this LGPL3+ or LGPL3 only?
>>>>
>>>> The CRAN page lists LGPL3 explicitly, but that could be imprecise ...
>>>> The source code package does not contain any other license indication
>>>> than waht is stated in the DESCRIPTION file (which states LGPL3 and
>>>> Apache Software License 2.0).
>>>>
>>>> See:
>>>>   https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bigmemory.sri/
>>>>
>>>> So, I think the only thing I can do is just follow what has been stated,
>>>> which is LGPL3 (precisely this) and Apache Software License 2.0.
>>>
>>> I don't know how to proceed now.  I think it's fine as the list of
>>> licenses is the list of licenses they provide.
>>>
>>> Are these licenses incompatible?  If so, then there's nothing I can do
>>> either, because these are the licenses that are provided..
>>
>> Usually, what we do for R is to assume “or later” because that’s how
>> things are usually done on CRAN.  (They also automatically expand
>> license declarations.)
>
> Well I don't think we can do that in this case because that's not what
> the license field says.  In the code there's no license at all, so that
> makes it even more difficult.

You’re right.  I misremembered.  It’s only these joint license
declarations like “GPL-2 | GPL-3” that effectively mean “or later”.  (It
is impossible to express “or later” in canonical R license fields.)

> I guess this is about the possible license incompatibility between LGPLv3
> and Apache?  I tried to explain that in any case, there's nothing I can
> do about it anyway..

Actually, the declaration in this package means “either this or that”
license.

See https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#The-DESCRIPTION-file

    “The mandatory ‘License’ field in the DESCRIPTION file should
     specify the license of the package in a standardized
     form. Alternatives are indicated via vertical bars.”

Your patch is fine if you add a comment above the license field that
states that these one of these two licenses may be choosen.

~~ Ricardo

Re: [PATCH 2/4] gnu: Add r-bigmemory-sri.

[Roel Janssen]

Ricardo Wurmus writes:

> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>>
>>> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> Roel Janssen writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>>>>>>> +    (description "This package provides a shared resource interface for the
>>>>>>> +bigmemory and synchronicity packages.")
>>>>>>> +    (license (list license:lgpl3 license:asl2.0))))
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What does this list mean?
>>>>>> Also: is this LGPL3+ or LGPL3 only?
>>>>>
>>>>> The CRAN page lists LGPL3 explicitly, but that could be imprecise ...
>>>>> The source code package does not contain any other license indication
>>>>> than waht is stated in the DESCRIPTION file (which states LGPL3 and
>>>>> Apache Software License 2.0).
>>>>>
>>>>> See:
>>>>>   https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bigmemory.sri/
>>>>>
>>>>> So, I think the only thing I can do is just follow what has been stated,
>>>>> which is LGPL3 (precisely this) and Apache Software License 2.0.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know how to proceed now.  I think it's fine as the list of
>>>> licenses is the list of licenses they provide.
>>>>
>>>> Are these licenses incompatible?  If so, then there's nothing I can do
>>>> either, because these are the licenses that are provided..
>>>
>>> Usually, what we do for R is to assume “or later” because that’s how
>>> things are usually done on CRAN.  (They also automatically expand
>>> license declarations.)
>>
>> Well I don't think we can do that in this case because that's not what
>> the license field says.  In the code there's no license at all, so that
>> makes it even more difficult.
>
> You’re right.  I misremembered.  It’s only these joint license
> declarations like “GPL-2 | GPL-3” that effectively mean “or later”.  (It
> is impossible to express “or later” in canonical R license fields.)
>
>> I guess this is about the possible license incompatibility between LGPLv3
>> and Apache?  I tried to explain that in any case, there's nothing I can
>> do about it anyway..
>
> Actually, the declaration in this package means “either this or that”
> license.
>
> See https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html#The-DESCRIPTION-file
>
>     “The mandatory ‘License’ field in the DESCRIPTION file should
>      specify the license of the package in a standardized
>      form. Alternatives are indicated via vertical bars.”
>
> Your patch is fine if you add a comment above the license field that
> states that these one of these two licenses may be choosen.

Right.  Would the following patch be alright then:

modified   gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -2787,6 +2787,26 @@ Fourier transform, fuzzy clustering, support vector machines, shortest path
 computation, bagged clustering, naive Bayes classifier, and more.")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
+(define-public r-bigmemory-sri
+  (package
+    (name "r-bigmemory-sri")
+    (version "0.1.3")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (cran-uri "bigmemory.sri" version))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "0mg14ilwdkd64q2ri9jdwnk7mp55dqim7xfifrs65sdsv1934h2m"))))
+    (properties
+     `((upstream-name . "bigmemory.sri")))
+    (build-system r-build-system)
+    (home-page "http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bigmemory.sri")
+    (synopsis "Shared resource interface for the bigmemory package")
+    (description "This package provides a shared resource interface for the
+bigmemory and synchronicity packages.")
+    ;; Users can choose either LGPLv3 or ASL2.0.
+    (license (list license:lgpl3 license:asl2.0))))
+
 (define-public r-nmf
   (package
     (name "r-nmf")

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen

Re: [PATCH 2/4] gnu: Add r-bigmemory-sri.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:

>> Your patch is fine if you add a comment above the license field that
>> states that these one of these two licenses may be choosen.
>
> Right.  Would the following patch be alright then:
>
> modified   gnu/packages/statistics.scm
> @@ -2787,6 +2787,26 @@ Fourier transform, fuzzy clustering, support vector machines, shortest path
>  computation, bagged clustering, naive Bayes classifier, and more.")
>      (license license:gpl2+)))
>  
> +(define-public r-bigmemory-sri
> +  (package
> +    (name "r-bigmemory-sri")
> +    (version "0.1.3")
> +    (source
> +     (origin
> +       (method url-fetch)
> +       (uri (cran-uri "bigmemory.sri" version))
> +       (sha256
> +        (base32 "0mg14ilwdkd64q2ri9jdwnk7mp55dqim7xfifrs65sdsv1934h2m"))))
> +    (properties
> +     `((upstream-name . "bigmemory.sri")))
> +    (build-system r-build-system)
> +    (home-page "http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/bigmemory.sri")
> +    (synopsis "Shared resource interface for the bigmemory package")
> +    (description "This package provides a shared resource interface for the
> +bigmemory and synchronicity packages.")
> +    ;; Users can choose either LGPLv3 or ASL2.0.
> +    (license (list license:lgpl3 license:asl2.0))))
> +
>  (define-public r-nmf
>    (package
>      (name "r-nmf")

Perfect!  Thanks!

~~ Ricardo