Re: Open-source library proxying to a closed-source library (ITP #679504)
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Others' answers about how to get a free header seemed sensible to me.
> Best to use as little creative content from the proprietary header as
> possible --- remove parameter names, alphabetize by function name,
> etc. Make sure you document how the header is produced so it can be
> easily updated and so others can easily verify it has no nonfunctional
> content. Best of all if you can write the header from scratch based
> on a specification someone else has written.
Ok, I'll try to craft something from scratch. New versions should be
updated at small cost.
> This package would not be eligible for inclusion in Debian until there
> is a free implementation of the solver interface you are linking to.
>
> If you find a way to make a free version of the header, it would
> presumably be a candidate for contrib.
Thank you for the clear answer.
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