Bug#814867: InChI license

To: DebiChem Project <debichem-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Cc: Alex Mestiashvili <amestia@rsh2.donotuse.de>, 814867@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#814867: InChI license
From: Andrius Merkys <andrius.merkys@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 17:57:06 +0300
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Reply-to: Andrius Merkys <andrius.merkys@gmail.com>, 814867@bugs.debian.org
References: <20160216055502.GA3413@netzach.ktns.kdns.info>

Hello,

the IUPAC/InChI-Trust InChI Licence of InChI (https://www.inchi-trust.org) is possibly non-DFSG-compatible (https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2018/02/msg00026.html), thus the package might not be suitable for Debian. Nevertheless, the copies of InChI are in Debian already as embedded by packages openbabel and indigo: openbabel v2.3.2 (newest in unstable) has earlier version of the library which is licensed under LGPL, whereas indigo v1.1.12 carries the library with the IUPAC/InChI-Trust InChI Licence. I suggest either reconsidering this license, or eliminating it from Debian altogether.

Best,
Andrius

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Andrius Merkys
Vilnius University Institute of Biotechnology, Saulėtekio al. 7, room V325
LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania

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