From: Sharlatan Hellseher <sharlatanus@gmail.com>
To: 68159@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>,
Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Subject: [bug#68159] [PATCH] gnu: Add python-camb.
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 11:04:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAO+9K5pGnk2Pk+djNRF4vyprgh3+irCgi=KkCsbiYgpznbLpmQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87h6jcugvp.fsf@gmail.com>
Hi,
Thank you Simon for details licence check!
Troy, if you still want to contribute your patch for wide audience of Guix
users, please take a look at maintained by Ricardo channels for
Scientific software:
https://github.com/guix-science/guix-science
https://github.com/guix-science/guix-science-nonfree
Thanks,
Oleg
On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 at 20:25, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 at 19:09, Sharlatan Hellseher <sharlatanus@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I would appreciate your expertise in this license case. It is a maintained
> > fork of an older project written in Python and Fortran.
>
> Well, I do not feel an expert on the topic. From my point of view,
> there is two points:
>
> 1. As mentioned, an unclear license of the current product because it
> is adapted from previous codes.
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Portions of this software were originally based on
> CMBFAST by Uros Seljak and Matias Zaldarriaga, itself based on Boltzmann code written by Edmund
> Bertschinger, Chung-Pei Ma and Paul Bode.
>
> Original CMBFAST copyright and disclaimer:
>
> Copyright 1996 by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and
> the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All rights reserved.
>
> THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", AND M.I.T. OR C.f.A. MAKE NO
> REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
> By way of example, but not limitation,
> M.I.T. AND C.f.A MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF
> MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT
> THE USE OF THE LICENSED SOFTWARE OR DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE
> ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS.
>
> portions of this software are based on the COSMICS package of
> E. Bertschinger. See the LICENSE file of the COSMICS distribution
> for restrictions on the modification and distribution of this software.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> For this point #1, my understanding is:
>
> a) The license applied by copyright holders is not clear. However,
> since the license of the modifications is LGPL (with exceptions), we
> could assume that people modifying (and redistributing) the code
> have the right to do.
>
> b) It is not dual-licensed and not explicitly ’expat’. Somehow, MIT is
> the copyright holder but that does not imply the license is ’expat’.
>
>
> 2. It is not plain LGPL but considering 3 exceptions.
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> LICENSING
> -------------------------------
>
> You are licensed to use this software free of charge within the terms of the LGPL (see below), with
> these additional conditions:
>
> - Any publication using results of the code must be submitted
> to arXiv.org at the same time as, or before, submitting to a
> journal. arXiv must be updated with a version equivalent to
> that accepted by the journal on journal acceptance.
>
> - If you identify any bugs you report them as soon as confirmed
>
> - This license, the above copyright notices and disclaimer appear
> on ALL copies of the software and documentation, including
> modifications that you make for internal use or for distribution
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> And from my understanding, these exceptions make the software license
> non-free.
>
> Well, I am not a lawyer (IANAL). :-)
>
> Cheers,
> simon
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найти смысл почти в чем угодно, истолковать любой феномен, но
совершенно не в состоянии принять мысль о непредсказуемости.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-18 11:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-30 23:23 [bug#68159] [PATCH] gnu: Add python-camb Troy Figiel
2023-12-30 23:49 ` [bug#68159] (no subject) Troy Figiel
2024-01-16 18:56 ` [bug#68159] [PATCH] gnu: Add python-camb Sharlatan Hellseher
2024-01-16 19:09 ` Sharlatan Hellseher
2024-01-17 15:19 ` Simon Tournier
2024-01-18 11:04 ` Sharlatan Hellseher [this message]
2024-01-17 11:14 ` Troy Figiel
2024-01-18 11:42 ` Troy Figiel
2024-01-24 15:07 ` bug#68159: " Maxim Cournoyer
2024-01-21 10:42 ` [bug#68159] " Sharlatan Hellseher
2024-01-21 12:11 ` Troy Figiel
[not found] <mailman.71232.1705523462.1170.guix-patches@gnu.org>
2024-01-17 23:04 ` Troy Figiel
2024-01-18 10:45 ` Simon Tournier
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