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

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Roger,

thanks for your work on this issue.  I confirm that you have removed the
file in question from SVN and removed the usage of the compute_soi
function from init.c and the function prototype from spdep.h.  From my
perspective this should deal with the complaints Debian ftpmaster had.
I've put them in CC but I can not force them to reply rapidly.  Usually
they reply on uploads to the Debian new queue (and some additional
explanation why a package might be urgent).

We could trigger it if you release the current change as new version and
I'll upload this again.

Thanks a lot for your cooperation

      Andreas.

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 12:09:03PM +0200, Roger Bivand wrote:
> I've now spent three hours complying, IMHO far more than was sensible. The
> questioned code is gone, despite my not agreeing with your complaints, nor
> seeing that you were willing to contribute a replacement. Check out spdep
> from R-Forge, and reply rapidly confirming that no further changes are
> needed.
> 
> Roger
> 
> 
> On Mon, 30 May 2016, Andreas Tille wrote:
> 
> >Hi Roger,
> >
> >On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 05:51:57PM +0200, Roger Bivand wrote:
> >>Please tell them that I am not willing to make any further changes. If they
> >>bothered to look, they would have seen that the functions are not simply
> >>copied from arm.c, but modified to use double rather than integer
> >>coordinates. I can add arm.c for documentation and change the soigraph.c
> >>function names to show that they are modified from those in arm.c, but I do
> >>not see the point.
> >
> >I think the point is pretty clear:  Its no question that you changed
> >something but if you have permission to change the existing files is the
> >basic question.  To quote again:
> >
> >  This book is in copyright. (...) no reproduction of any part may take
> >  place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press.
> >
> >So did you got the written permission of  Cambridge University Press?
> >If yes, could you please attach a copy of this permission to the code.
> >
> >Kind regards
> >
> >      Andreas.
> >
> >>Best wishes,
> >>
> >>Roger
> >>
> >>On Mon, 30 May 2016, Andreas Tille wrote:
> >>
> >>>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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> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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