Kyle Pablo wrote: > The non-free software is HTK correct? Correct. It is not redistributable at all, so no repository can legally carry it. But Julius (which is the core tool Simon is based on) also has a license clause which I'd consider non-Free: you're required to cite it in any research which uses Julius in any way. It might even be interpreted in a way where if you use Simon to dictate a completely unrelated research paper, you have to cite Julius. This is a usage restriction which is IMHO really not acceptable (and IIRC, another piece of software was already rejected from Fedora for a similar clause). Licenses are not the proper venue to enforce academic honesty. That said, spot said at: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2009-March/025990.html that he thinks this clause is fine (but he only said "pretty sure", so I guess he'd probably have to double-check with the FSF and/or RH Legal before giving a definite answer). Kevin Kofler
