Comments regarding opencascade_6.3.0.dfsg.1-1_amd64.changes

[Adam C Powell IV]

On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 17:35 +0000, Mark Hymers wrote:
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> A while ago you were asked about the opencascade package in NEW and
> I can't find a copy of any reply:

That's odd, I have no record of such an email, and a full-text search
for "datavision" turns up only this message...  Oh well.

> ===========
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> it seems that there are several files in the top level which
> are licensed only under contract with Matrix Datavision, as
> opposed to the bulk of the files with Open CASCADE Public
> License. Is this just an artefact of the copyright handover
> from Matrix to Open CASCADE?
> ===========

I'm afraid I can't find any such files.  The "top level" only has
LICENSE and README, so I'm not sure I understand where you're looking.

As far as I know, any such notes in files are an artifact of the
copyright handover from Matra Datavision to its Open CASCADE S.A.S.
former subsidiary.  The history of the code is described in
http://www.opencascade.org/about/profile/history/ .  In particular,
since that transfer in 2000, IBM has acquired Matra Datavision, and the
French company Principia acquired Open CASCADE S.A.S.  This strongly
implies that Open CASCADE S.A.S. is no longer a subsidiary of Matra
Datavision, so the contracting arrangements you mention for files in the
Open CASCADE distribution are almost certainly no longer valid.

> Could you let us know the situation so that we can ACCEPT or REJECT
> the package.

This is encouraging; I take it this means that resolution of this issue
will result in acceptance?

Apologies for the delay, I don't know how your earlier communication
failed to reach me.

Thanks,
-Adam
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