Re: Fasta3 is non-free just because of some Smith Waterman implementation (Was: Please choose a free license for fasta3 components)
Hi Andreas,
Regarding "Alex has once contacted upstream" note the sad news from
https://cryptogenomicon.org/2019/03/11/farrars-striped-simd-smith-waterman/
Kind regards,
Erik
On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 10:06 PM Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> wrote:
>
> Hi Steffen,
>
> you have uploaded fasta3. When I wanted to upgrade to latest upstream I
> realised that it is in non-free just because of two files implementing a
> Smith Waterman algorithm. Alex has once contacted upstream as you can
> see on our SoftwareLiberation page[1]. At least the wiki page does not
> state any response.
>
> I wonder whether you might try to ping upstream or possibly use libssw
> or libsmithwaterman as a replacement.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Andreas.
>
> [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMed/SoftwareLiberation
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