Bug#741196: libpetsc3.4.2: libpetsc.so.3.4.2 links with both GPL-licensed and GPL-incompatible libraries

[Francesco Poli]

On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 19:23:48 +0200 Francesco Poli wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 19:27:47 +0200 Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
[...]
> > It seems that the main SCOTCH copyright holders is Francois Pellegrini,
> 
> It is my understanding that he is the main author, but the copyright
> holder is INRIA (along with ENSEIRB and CNRS).
> Please see
> https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/s/scotch/copyright-5.1.12b.dfsg-2
> 
> However, I agree with you that François is really the person to be
> persuaded.
> 
> Once he is convinced that SCOTCH should be re-licensed, I think he
> will know who has to be contacted, in order to obtain the necessary
> paperwork. Or, at least, I hope so.
> 
> > who is very active in the French Free Software community. One of the
> > colleagues (same Inria research team) of Francois is Brice Goglin, who
> > is a DD. So it might be useful to try to contact them.
> 
> This is the kind of help I have been asking for since I filed these
> bug reports.
> If you can get in touch with François Pellegrini, directly or
> indirectly, and explain the issue to him in a convincing manner,
> then I would be really really grateful.
> 
> As I said, I tried multiple times, but François no longer replies
> to my e-mail messages. That's why I need help from people more likely
> to be listened to.
[...]

Hello again Lucas,
is there any progress on this issue?

Have you managed to get in touch with François Pellegrini?
Have you succeeded in explaining the issue to him and in persuading him
that SCOTCH should be re-licensed (or dual-licensed) under
GPLv2-or-later-compatible terms?

I really hope this long-standing issue may be solved for the best very
soon...

Please let me know.
Thanks for your time and helpfulness!


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