On Thu 08 Jul 2021 12:24:47 AM EDT, Torrance, Douglas <dtorrance@piedmont.edu> wrote:
> On Wed 07 Jul 2021 08:37:08 AM EDT, Doug Torrance <dtorrance@piedmont.edu> wrote:
>> On Wed 07 Jul 2021 01:16:03 AM EDT, Nilesh Patra <nilesh@debian.org> wrote:
>>> ./src/Ada/Math_Lib/QD/READ_ME states this:
>>>
>>> The main reference for the QD-2.3.9 library is
>>> Y. Hida, X.S. Li, and D.H. Bailey:
>>> "Algorithms for quad-double precision floating point arithmetic."
>>> In 15th IEEE Symposium on Computer Arithmetic (Arith-15 2001),
>>> 11-17 June 2001, Vail, CO, USA, pages 155-162. IEEE Computer Society, 2001.
>>> Shortened version of Technical Report LBNL-46996,
>>> software at http://crd.lbl.gov/~dhbailey/mpdist/qd-2.3.9.tar.gz.
>>>
>>> Note that the "BSD-LBNL-License" is GPL compatible, although
>>> "If you wish to use the software for commercial purposes
>>> please contact the Technology Transfer Department at TTD@lbl.gov or
>>> call 510-286-6457."
>>>
>>> I admit, I'm not very sure if I understand the terms there correctly, but
>>> should it be mentioned in d/copyright?
>>> I also see similar stuff in a lot of READ_ME files,
>>> ./src/Ada/Root_Counts/MixedVol/READ_ME for instance.
>>>
>>> Do they need to be mentioned in d/copyright? If not, IMO adding a
>>> "Comment:" and the reasoning for not adding these in copyright would be
>>> good.
>>
>> Good catch! I've sent upstream a note asking for clarification on the license
>> of the files in this directory.
>
> Upstream confirmed that this particular feature would cause limitations for
> commercial use due to the license. It's just one feature, though, and I think
> that PHCpack would still be a valuable addition to Debian without it. (For
> example, the PHCpack package in Macaulay2 doesn't use it.)
>
> I'll spend some time working on stripping this feature out to create a
> DFSG-compliant version of PHCpack and ping the list when it's ready for another
> look.
I've repacked the PHCpack package so that it doesn't use the non-free QD
library. I believe it's ready for another review:
https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/phcpack
Uploaded, thanks a lot for your work!
Nilesh