[Debichem-devel] gamgi_0.13.9-1_i386.changes REJECTED

[Morten Kjeldgaard]

On 13/12/2008, at 15.31, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:

> License problems (without claims of completeness):
>
> Files: src/io/gamgi_io_file.c
> X-Comment: This license applies to portions of the file.
> Copyright: Copyright © 1996,  Mark J. Kilgard
> License:
> This program is freely distributable without licensing fees
>  and is provided without guarantee or warrantee expressed or
>   implied. This program is -not- in the public domain.
>
> I see no right to modify in here.

This is a bit strange, and I was not sure how to handle it in  
copyright. The statement attributing copyright to Mark J. Kilgard  
appears in the middle of the source file rc/io/gamgi_io_file.c .  
However, at the top of that same file, it seems upstream is re- 
distributing the file using GPL:

/******************************************
  *
  * $GAMGI/src/io/gamgi_io_file.c
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2004 Carlos Pereira
  *
  * Distributed under the terms of the GNU
  * General Public License: $GAMGI/LICENSE
  *
  */

Perhaps upstream cannot do that?

It is not at all clear from the context what parts of the file stem  
from Kilgard's work, and is seems the functions following the  
copyright statement have been heavily edited to fit upstream's coding  
style and functions have been renamed to gamgi_*.

Cheers,
Morten