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

Tue May 31 18:43:24 UTC 2016

Hi Andreas,

spdep_0.6-5 submitted to CRAN.

Roger

On Tue, 31 May 2016, Andreas Tille wrote:

> 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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>>
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Roger Bivand
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Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway.
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e-mail: Roger.Bivand at nhh.no
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