[Pkg-octave-commit] r1001 - semidef-oct/trunk/debian

Thu Aug 9 20:19:29 UTC 2007

Author: rafael
Date: 2007-08-09 20:19:29 +0000 (Thu, 09 Aug 2007)
New Revision: 1001

Modified:
   semidef-oct/trunk/debian/control
   semidef-oct/trunk/debian/copyright
Log:
* debian/control: Actually, updated the build-dependency to
  octave2.9-headers, since 2.9 is the recommended version of Octave
  now.
* debian/copyright: Added statement from the upstream authors about
  their agreement to switch the license of the package to LGPL


Modified: semidef-oct/trunk/debian/control
===================================================================

--- semidef-oct/trunk/debian/control	2007-08-09 12:28:23 UTC (rev 1000)
+++ semidef-oct/trunk/debian/control	2007-08-09 20:19:29 UTC (rev 1001)
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 Uploaders: Rafael Laboissiere <rafael at debian.org>,
  Cyril Brulebois <cyril.brulebois at enst-bretagne.fr>
 Standards-Version: 3.7.2
-Build-Depends: octave2.1-headers (>= 1:2.1.73-14), debhelper (>= 3.0.0), dpatch
-Build-Conflicts: octave2.0-headers
+Build-Depends: octave2.9-headers (>= 1:2.9.13-1), debhelper (>= 3.0.0), dpatch
+Build-Conflicts: octave2.0-headers, octave2.1-headers
 XS-Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/pkg-octave/semidef-oct/
 XS-Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-octave/semidef-oct/
 

Modified: semidef-oct/trunk/debian/copyright
===================================================================
--- semidef-oct/trunk/debian/copyright	2007-08-09 12:28:23 UTC (rev 1000)
+++ semidef-oct/trunk/debian/copyright	2007-08-09 20:19:29 UTC (rev 1001)
@@ -1,31 +1,54 @@
-
 This is the Debian GNU/Linux prepacked version of the octave-sp package.  It
 is based on semidef-oct which is itself a port to Octave by A. S. Hodel
 <a.s.hodel at eng.auburn.edu> of the semidef package by Lieven Vandenberghe
 <vandenbe at esat.kuleuven.ac.be> and Stephen Boyd <boyd at isl.stanford.edu>.
 
 This package was put together by Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> from the
-sources at 
+sources at
 	ftp://ftp.eng.auburn.edu/pub/hodel/semidef-oct.tar.gz
-Also included were two Octave script files (run_cmd.m, prompt.m) from his 
-OCST package that is available as 
-	ftp://ftp.eng.auburn.edu/pub/hodel/OCST-980904.tar.gz 
+Also included were two Octave script files (run_cmd.m, prompt.m) from his
+OCST package that is available as
+	ftp://ftp.eng.auburn.edu/pub/hodel/OCST-980904.tar.gz
 Some minor changes were made which are documented in the file
 	/usr/share/doc/octave-sp/changelog.Debian.gz.
 
 The semidef package contains the following statement in the file COPYRIGHT:
 
     COPYRIGHT 1994 LIEVEN VANDENBERGHE AND STEPHEN BOYD
-    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for 
-    any purpose without fee is hereby granted, provided that this entire 
+    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
+    any purpose without fee is hereby granted, provided that this entire
     notice is included in all copies of any software which is or includes
-    a copy or modification of this software and in all copies of the 
+    a copy or modification of this software and in all copies of the
     supporting documentation for such software.
-    This software is being provided "as is", without any express or 
+    This software is being provided "as is", without any express or
     implied warranty.  In particular, the authors do not make any
     representation or warranty of any kind concerning the merchantability
     of this software or its fitness for any particular purpose.
 
-The additional code by A. S. Hodel is released under the GNU GPL. On a 
-Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of GNU General Public License 
-can be found in the file /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
+This statement is ambiguous as regards DFSG-compliance of the package.  We
+contacted the upstream authors to obtain a clarification of the license
+terms [1].  They agreed to switch the license to the Lesser General Public
+License (LGPL) [2][3]:
+
+    * Lieven Vandenberghe <vandenbe at ee.ucla.edu> [2007-08-06 09:13]:
+
+    > I can see why our license is  ambiguous.   When we wrote it in 1994, we
+    > intended it to mean that the program is entirely free, for any purpose
+    > (including commercial) and without any restriction.
+    >
+    > If it is easier if we switch to a standard free license, I would choose
+    > the LGPL.
+
+    * Stephen Boyd <boyd at stanford.edu> [2007-08-06 12:50]:
+
+    > whatever is easiest.  i am happy with semidef_prog having either license.
+
+[1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=435214#25
+[2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=435214#45
+[3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=435214#55
+
+The additional code by A. S. Hodel is released under the GNU GPL. On a
+Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of GNU General Public License
+can be found in the file /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.  The complete text
+of GNU Lesser General Public License can be found in the file
+/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL.


