Re: Open-source library proxying to a closed-source library (ITP #679504)
Christophe-Marie Duquesne wrote:
> Ok, I'll try to craft something from scratch. New versions should be
> updated at small cost.
On second thought, are you sure the original header is not already
free software? Can we see the terms for distributing and modifying
it?
It might be worth contacting the author to see if they are willing to
release the header under liberal terms (like the Zlib or Expat
license). Some non-free libraries --- even expensive,
non-redistributable libraries --- have free headers to simplify the
task of making use of them.
Of course that doesn't change the other part.
> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.
No problem. As a disclaimer, I should mention that I am not a Debian
Developer. Even if I were, I wouldn't be the one deciding these
things. :) We live in a world of no easy definite answers.
Regards,
Jonathan
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