Bug#595958: ITP: paml -- Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood

[Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>]

Hello,


On 09/08/2010 01:33 PM, Jeremiah Foster wrote:
> 
> On Sep 7, 2010, at 17:54, Steffen Moeller wrote:
> 
>> * Package name    : paml
>> * URL             : http://abacus.gene.ucl.ac.uk/software/paml.html
>> * License         : academics only
>>  Description     : Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood
>>
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> My reading of the dsfg would be that this "academics only" license would not be acceptable in Debian.

this is correct. The paml package goes to non-free, just like e.g. clustalw. We certainly hope that after some while upstream will
change that license to something that is free for everyone, but for the moment this is not the case.

Steffen