[Debichem-devel] Bug#643921: avogadro: Includes non-free data files

Sam Geeraerts samgee at elmundolibre.be
Fri Sep 30 20:01:34 UTC 2011


Package: avogadro
Version: 1.0.1-3+b1
Severity: serious
Tags: upstream
Justification: Policy 2.1.6, 2.1.1
User: gnewsense-dev at nongnu.org
Usertags: gnewsense libreplanet

The directory 'testfiles' in the source package contans some files
that appear to have a non-free license.

methane.g03 has this notice:

 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 Warning -- This program may not be used in any manner that
 competes with the business of Gaussian, Inc. or will provide
 assistance to any competitor of Gaussian, Inc.  The licensee
 of this program is prohibited from giving any competitor of
 Gaussian, Inc. access to this program.  By using this program,
 the user acknowledges that Gaussian, Inc. is engaged in the
 business of creating and licensing software in the field of
 computational chemistry and represents and warrants to the
 licensee that it is not a competitor of Gaussian, Inc. and that
 it will not use this program in any manner prohibited above.
 ---------------------------------------------------------------

This forbids some uses of the file.

methane.nwo and methanol.nwo have this notice:

            This software (including any documentation) is being made
            available to you for your internal use only, solely for use
            in performance of work directly for the U.S. Federal
            Government or work under contracts with the U.S. Department
            of Energy or other U.S. Federal Government agencies.  This
            software is a version which has not yet been evaluated and
            cleared for commercialization.  Adherence to this notice
            may be necessary for the author, Battelle Memorial
            Institute, to successfully assert copyright in and
            commercialize this software. This software is not intended
            for duplication or distribution to third parties without
            the permission of the Manager of Software Products at
            Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland,
            Washington, 99352.

This does not allow distribution. Both limitations violate DFSG.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.2
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages avogadro depends on:
ii  libavogadro1          1.0.1-3+b1         Molecular Graphics and Modelling S
ii  libc6                 2.11.2-10          Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1               1:4.4.5-8          GCC support library
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libg 7.7.1-4            A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libopenbabel3         2.2.3-1+b1         Chemical toolbox library
ii  libqt4-opengl         4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 OpenGL module
ii  libqtcore4            4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4             4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libstdc++6            4.4.5-8            The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6              2:1.3.3-4          X11 client-side library

Versions of packages avogadro recommends:
ii  avogadro-data                 1.0.1-3    Molecular Graphics and Modelling S

avogadro suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information





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