From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: Guix Devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Licensing issue with Gmsh?
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:07:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86lfgp3vae.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
Dear,
I am updating the package gmsh. Currently, the part ’contrib/metis’ is
removed with the comment “non-free METIS code”:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(snippet
;; Remove non-free METIS code
'(begin
(delete-file-recursively "contrib/metis")
#t))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
However, METIS is licensed Apache v2.0 and note that there is one
package ’metis’ (“guix show metis”) but it cannot be used, anyway.
The code is here:
<https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/-/tree/master/contrib/metis>
What is wrong with the licensing? Only the header of files?
Note that Debian compiles it with METIS:
<https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/gmsh/-/blob/master/debian/rules#L37>
Nnot checked with other distributions.)
I am inclined to enable METIS because it appears to me fine. However,
since freedom is essential, it would like another advice and/or comment
on.
Thank you in advance.
All the best,
simon
ps:
I discussed this point upstream:
<https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/-/issues/1013>
next reply other threads:[~2020-10-02 8:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-02 8:07 zimoun [this message]
2020-10-02 12:28 ` Licensing issue with Gmsh? zimoun
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2020-10-02 16:26 Paul Garlick
2020-10-02 17:35 ` zimoun
2020-10-02 21:59 ` Paul Garlick
2020-10-02 23:49 ` zimoun
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