Re: Debian: automated embedded code copy discovery
I think it will be ok to avoid using CFinder.
It was originally used as an alternative algorithm to find embedded
code relationships. However, it has a much higher false positive rate
(it detects false relationships when it shouldn't). I was originally
considering not using this part of the system for Debian because of
the false positive problems.
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Silvio
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 19:04 +1100, Silvio Cesare wrote:
>
>> Hi. I think I'll be able to spend March working on it. I will rewrite
>> parts of and clean up the code and get it ready for packaging.
>
> Great!
>
>> The system uses a closed source tool called CFinder
>> (http://www.cfinder.org/) to perform clique detection. The license of
>> that software is:
> ...
>> Is this license ok? If not, it is possible that I could find other
>> software to replace it. However, I would have to do more investigation
>> to see what else is available. It is possible to not use it at all,
>> but it means some useful features would not be available in the final
>> system.
>
> That license is definitely non-free and is not yet available in Debian.
> I think that we would not accept using it in Debian infrastructure. What
> features would we miss out on if CFinder were unavailable? Have you
> tried asking the CFinder copyright holders to re-license it under a
> standard Free Software license like the GNU GPL, BSD or MIT licenses?
>
> I wonder if qiime could be a replacement:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/experimental/qiime
>
> If not, perhaps a standard stats/maths package could help? Or maybe the
> Debian science team could help you find something useful:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/Science
>
> --
> bye,
> pabs
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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