Re: Please provide a license for fsm-lite
Hi Niko,
thanks for your quick reply.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 12:27:48PM +0300, Niko Välimäki wrote:
>
> I will likely choose GPLv2, which is the same as in SEER. I'll commit the
> LICENSE file later today.
That's really helpful!
> I don't have previous experience with automake/cmake, so it will take some
> effort to get those going. But I'll try.
I think in the long term it saves you some time if you are using a
sensible build system.
> Regarding the manpage, sure I'm interested.
You can find it in the Debian Med packaging Git here:
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-med/fsm-lite.git/tree/debian/fsm-lite.1
Kind regards
Andreas.
> On 12.04.2016 11:49, Andreas Tille wrote:
> >Hello Niko,
> >
> >I'm writing you on behalf of the Debian Med team - a group inside Debian
> >that intends to package free software that is relevant in biology and
> >medicine. I have recently included seer to our package pool[1] and it
> >turns out that its recommended to use your program fsm-lite[2] to
> >prepare the available data for seer.
> >
> >So I'd like to package fsm-lite for Debian on behalf of the Debian Med
> >team. To do so I have created the needed code for packaging but I'm
> >lacking a license statement for fsm-lite. I'd recommend something like
> >GPL or BSD or some other widely used license.
> >
> >I have further remarks:
> >
> > 1. It would be really nice if you would use release tags to inform
> > others what commit you consider a stable version
> >
> > 2. Your code contains a fixed local path to sdsl library
> > (/Users/nvalimak/code/sdsl-lite-2.0.3). That's not a good idea for
> > a public release. The best idea would be to have a build system
> > that detects the installation of the library. (automake or cmake
> > come to mind here).
> >
> > 3. For the packaging I've written a simple manpage. You are welcome to
> > include this. Just tell me if you are interested.
> >
> >Kind regards and thanks for considering a free license
> >
> > Andreas.
> >
> >
> >[1] http://blends.debian.org/med/tasks/bio#seer
> >[2] https://github.com/nvalimak/fsm-lite
> >
>
>
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