On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:58:50 +0100 Sylvestre Ledru wrote: > > > > > > I am one of the developer of Scilab. We are rewriting the GUI from > > > scratch using Java (Swing) and JOGL. > > > Since we prefer to have Scilab packages available (especially > > > because Scilab is going to change his license to a free one), > > > > That's really good news! > > Which license are you considering to switch to? > It is probably going to be CECILL. Do you mean this one? http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL_V2-en.txt It has an explicit conversion-to-GPLv2orlater clause, IIUC. For this reason, it meets the DFSG. Last discussion on this topic on debian-legal that I could find is http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/08/msg00144.html However, why not just adopt the plain GNU GPL v2 ? Disclaimers: IANAL, TINLA, IANADD, TINASOTODP. > > > Firstoff, from a technical point of view, shipping the *exact same > > code* in two different packages does not seem to be a good idea. > > Could this duplication of code be avoided? > > Is it possible to link or otherwise use the code included in the > > mesa package, rather than packaging another copy of it? > Well, it is the exact same code (ie not rewrote) but in Java... and I > think JOGL devs prefer to avoid JNI code. Then it's not the *exact same code*: it's a translation in Java. That kinda explains why the original code included in mesa packages cannot be directly used. > > > Anyway, from a DFSG-freeness point of view, that license is indeed > > problematic: see http://bugs.debian.org/368560 for the details. > > Unfortunately, there seems to have been too little progress on this > > bug so far. > Do you know if anyone contacted the owner of the code ? > Or if anything is planned to fix this issue ? I have not been directly involved in the issue: I think that the people who participated in the bug discussion should be contacted for further information. -- http://frx.netsons.org/doc/nanodocs/testing_workstation_install.html Need to read a Debian testing installation walk-through? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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