r-cran-spdep_0.6-4-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Andreas Tille]

Hi again Roger,

this is just a ping in case you might have missed my last mail about the
licensing of the file copied from "Computational Geometry in C".  Were
you able to clarify the issue or to rewrite the code in question?

Thanks for your cooperation

       Andreas.

On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 05:26:09PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Roger,
> 
> I'm afraid I need to come back to you again about the licensing of the
> file in question in the spdep package.  Please read below what the
> Debian ftpmasters think about the license:
> 
> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 01:00:23PM +0000, Thorsten Alteholz wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Andreas,
> > 
> > ok, one step further, but two questions remain:
> > 
> > - "... in its entirety ...", not being a native speaker, but for me that 
> >   sounds like you are only allowed to distribute the whole example code 
> >   and are not allowed to use just parts of it
> > - anyway, the main point is that you are only allowed to redistribute 
> >   the code but have no permission to modify it, which is against DFSG 3.
> > 
> >   Thorsten
> 
> I'm sorry that this is such a longish process bit it would be really
> cool if you could have another look or try to contact the authors (or
> rewrite this code? - I think in some previous conversation you wrote
> about this option as well). 
> 
> Kind regards and thanks for your cooperation
> 
>       Andreas.
> 
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