Bug#409849: License still too restrictive
My previous outbreak of joy was a little premature. The edges3D license
is still too restrictive, since it does not allow redistribution (the
key permission for at least a non-free packaging). The upstream author
of the library is Gregoire Malandain.
http://www-sop.inria.fr/epidaure/personnel/malandain/malandain.html
I tried to contact him, but got no response (maybe someone else has more
luck).
This license problem is _the_ showstopper for AFNI packaging. Otherwise
the package seems to work fine, but without edges3D it is not possible
to include SUMA or any skull-stripping functionality. Without this AFNI
would not provide a comprehensive fMRI toolchain anymore, and IMHO that
makes it close to useless to package it.
Otherwise, I got lots of offer for help with the packaging (including a
sanitized cmake-based buildsystem, that would replace AFNI native
Makefile-jungle). However, the license issue above has to be solved
first.
Maybe if people would express their desire for an AFNI Debian package
not just to me, but also to the AFNI authors and the edges3D author
that could convince them that there actually is a problem in need of a
solution...
Good luck to us,
Michael
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