[Pkg-octave-devel] BSD-licensed upstream tarball but needs form filled

[Rafael Laboissiere]

We are seeking advice on how to proceed about an upstream tarball
distribution issue.  The Debian Octave Group is planning to package the
SUNDIALS library (http://www.llnl.gov/CASC/sundials/main.html) for
integration into Octave.  This package is released under a BSD License
(http://www.llnl.gov/CASC/sundials/download/license.html).  I think it is
DFSG-compliant.

The problem is that prior to downloading the tarball (at
http://www.llnl.gov/CASC/sundials/download/download.html), the user is
asked to fill a form in a web page.  Our question is: does this
restriction decrease somehow the freeness of the package?  If yes, how
should we proceed in approaching the upstream authors about this problem?
 
-- 
Rafael