[Debian-med-packaging] [Samtools-devel] Picard license

[Alec Wysoker]

Hi Shaun,

Picard is released approximately every 2 weeks.  The next release should 
be around July 6.

-Alec

Shaun Jackman wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> I figured as much. Thanks for the quick response. Would a new release of
> Picard be upcoming?
>
> Cheers,
> Shaun
>
> On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 06:22 -0700, Tim Fennell wrote:
>   
>> Hi Shaun,
>>
>> It was just an oversight - not intentional.  I've committed those five files with copyright statement replaced with our standard MIT license.
>>
>> -t
>>
>> On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:48 AM, Shaun Jackman wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Currently there are five files in Picard whose license is "All rights
>>> are reserved":
>>> src/java/net/sf/samtools/apps/TimeChannel.java
>>> src/java/net/sf/samtools/apps/TimeRandomAccessFile.java
>>> src/java/net/sf/samtools/FixBAMFile.java
>>> src/scripts/explain_sam_flags.py
>>> src/scripts/release_picard.sh
>>>
>>> Would you consider licensing these files under the same license as the
>>> rest of Picard, namely the MIT license, which begins
>>> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
>>>
>>> I'd like to package Picard for Debian, but the "All rights are
>>> reserved" license does not permit Debian to redistribute these five
>>> files.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Shaun
>>>
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