[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#807580: More licensing issues (Was: BLAT license)

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Jim,

I checked the Blat download page[1] for any release with the new license
but there is no change.  I'm not sure at what URL the code used in
r-bioc-rtracklayer was downloaded - may be there is a license upgrade yet?

Do you think you could something online that makes the license change
perfectly clear for any interested party?

Kind regards and thanks again for considering a free license

        Andreas.

[1] https://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~kent/src/

On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 08:37:36AM -0800, Jim Kent wrote:
> Actually though, looking at Mozilla Public LIcense, the only differences I
> don't care much about,  so if it makes it easier, I can release it under
> that as well.
> 
> On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Michael Lawrence <lawrence.michael at gene.com
> > wrote:
> 
> > Are you guys saying that an R package that depends on another R
> > package is considered a derivative work? If so, there are probably an
> > enormous number of CRAN/Bioc packages in violation. My choice of
> > license for rtracklayer should not affect the
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 9:07 PM, Charles Plessy <plessy at debian.org> wrote:
> > > Le Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 08:47:42AM -0800, Jim Kent a écrit :
> > >> Sorry not to get back to you sooner.  I'm just getting a lot of
> > >> post-vacation mail pile up.
> > >>
> > >> A copyleft license sounds like it would work.  In particular I would be
> > >> happy to distribute it under Common Development and Distribution License
> > >
> > > Thanks Jim for your help !
> > >
> > > The GNU General Public License is said to be incompatible with the Common
> > > Development and Distribution License, and I worry that it may cause
> > problem to
> > > Bioconductor modules that directly or transitively depend or import from
> > > rtracklayer.
> > >
> > > If you are looking for a non-GPL alternative, the Mozilla Public License
> > > version 2.0 has similar features to the CDDL (it shares a common
> > ancestor), but
> > > is compatible with the GPL.
> > >
> > > Have a nice Sunday,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Charles Plessy
> > > Debian Med packaging team,
> > > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
> > > Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
> >

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