Re: upgrade orfeotoolbox to 5.0

[Manuel GRIZONNET <manuel.grizonnet@cnes.fr>]

Thanks Bas for the answer. I'll try to contact the author and ask for
such permission.

In the meantime we can continue to work on upgrading the otb package as
we can easily exclude 6S functions in the cmake configuration.

Kind regards,


Le 24/08/2015 10:46, Sebastiaan Couwenberg a écrit :
> On 24-08-15 10:34, Manuel GRIZONNET wrote:
>> Le 18/07/2015 01:50, Sebastiaan Couwenberg a écrit :
>>> It doesn't have a license, but you got some kind of permission from the
>>> authors, what is that permission exactly? It may be sufficient.
>>
>> I can contact the author again to get the permission to include the
>> software.
>>
>> Do you know exactly what should I ask for? Do you think that an email is
>> sufficient or it required him to sign a document?
> 
> Have the author publish the code under a DFSG compatible license.
> 
> Email should be sufficient, you can include the body in the Copyright
> directory.
> 
>> Do you have an example of the content of such a permission?
> 
> No, but if a sane license is chosen that's not needed.
> 
> Most important is that the license terms are compatible with the DFSG:
> 
> https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Bas
> 

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Manuel GRIZONNET