From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add nlopt. Date: Tue, 03 May 2016 13:47:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87h9efcqid.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87vb3twtgi.fsf@gnu.org> <87egah85e4.fsf@gnu.org> <87a8l5xc9w.fsf@gnu.org> <87wpo6n8y5.fsf@gnu.org> <87futz5rqv.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59218) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1axYns-0003d4-2R for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2016 07:47:54 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1axYna-0001nb-8I for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2016 07:47:42 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:50449) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1axYna-0001mU-5g for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 May 2016 07:47:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87futz5rqv.fsf@gnu.org> (Roel Janssen's message of "Tue, 03 May 2016 13:02:32 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Roel Janssen Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Roel Janssen skribis: > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: [...] >> Still, according to luksan/COPYRIGHT, =E2=80=9C[s]ubroutines PBUN, PNEW,= PVAR, >> PSEN=E2=80=9D are =E2=80=9Cfor your personal use [=E2=80=A6] [n]ot for r= edistribution=E2=80=9D. >> >> So my understanding is that we need to remove those four subroutines. >> The rest in that directory is LGPLv2.1+. >> >> WDYT? > > I agree to your understanding. > > A little later in the same file I found: "This library (with exception > of PBUN, PNEW, PVAR, PSEN) is a free software". > >> I don=E2=80=99t see it at >> . >> Debian has a package: . >> Could you check if they apply any patches? > > I haven't found any patches. So I dug a little deeper and attempted to > remove them myself with a patch, but I haven't been able to find these > subroutines. > > I ran the following commands on the root of the source directory: > grep -i -r "pbun" . > grep -i -r "pmin" . > grep -i -r "psen" . > grep -i -r "pvar" . > > And I haven't found the routines. So I think we're safe. That could > also be why Debian doesn't have a patch for this either. Indeed. Actually, luksan/README states: [We also did not convert the PMIN, PBUN, PNEW, or PVAR subroutines since these were published in ACM Trans. on Math. Software (TOMS) and are subject to the non-free ACM licensing conditions.] So indeed, the COPYRIGHT file is confusing, but we=E2=80=99re safe. Sorry for the false alarm. >> Besides, I suggest reusing the bits about Guile bindings from the patch >> I sent. > > Shall I prepare a new patch? Yes please. Thank you! Ludo=E2=80=99.