Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. Summary: Review Request: arpack - Fortran77 subroutines for solving large scale eigenvalue problems https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214967 ------- Additional Comments From pertusus@xxxxxxx 2006-11-10 10:04 EST ------- (In reply to comment #3) > For what it's worth, arpack is in Debian, and binaries are distributed by the > MathWorks in MATLAB, so either everyone else has "notified the authors" or they > are just ignoring this. You should also contact the debian people, their copyright at http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/a/arpack/arpack_2.1-8/copyright state that it is public domain... > Technically, this does not place any burden on Fedora or any repackager of > Fedora, but on the end user. Realistically, it will be ignored by users of > Fedora as I'm sure it has been by virtually every other user. It doesn't matter, it is not OSI-compliant. Users ignoring the clause don't have the right to use it. I think it is the same for * Also, we ask that use of ARPACK is properly cited in any resulting publications or software documentation. except if 'ask' isn't a requirement. But is it sure that it isn't a requirement? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list Fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review