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Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging
From: |
Rafael Laboissiere |
Subject: |
Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging |
Date: |
Sat, 23 Apr 2005 02:07:55 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i |
* Dmitri A. Sergatskov <address@hidden> [2005-04-23 00:05]:
> I do not use gpc (at least directly -- may be it is used by some
> package), but I do not understand why it is in nonfree/ directory.
> The license says:
>
> <<<<
>
> Copyright information:
>
> Copyright (C) 2001, 2004 Rafael Laboissiere <address@hidden>
>
> [...]
>
> Looks quite GNUish to me.
Indeed, octave-gpc is released under the GNU GPL. However, octave-gpc
links against the General Polygon Clipping Library
(http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/aig/staff/alan/software/gpc.html), which has a
non-free license. I already approached the upstream author several times
asking him to change the license terms, but he is not willing to do it.
I packaged the GPC library for Debian. You can find it at:
http://packages.debian.org/src:gpcl
--
Rafael
- Octave-forge packaging, Quentin Spencer, 2005/04/22
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Dmitri A. Sergatskov, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging,
Rafael Laboissiere <=
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, John W. Eaton, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Rafael Laboissiere, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, John W. Eaton, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Rafael Laboissiere, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, John W. Eaton, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Rafael Laboissiere, 2005/04/23
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Paul Kienzle, 2005/04/24
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, John W. Eaton, 2005/04/24
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Rafael Laboissiere, 2005/04/24
- Re: [OctDev] Octave-forge packaging, Dmitri A. Sergatskov, 2005/04/24