Re: Freeing fasta3 (Was: fasta3_36.3.8g-1_amd64.changes is NEW)
On 4/19/18 3:07 PM, Alex Mestiashvili wrote:
> On 04/19/2018 02:44 PM, Steffen Möller wrote: >> >> On 4/19/18 1:43 PM, Andreas Tille wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Thu,
Apr 19, 2018 at 10:19:31AM +0000, Debian FTP Masters wrote: >>>>
binary:fasta3 is NEW. >>>> binary:fasta3-doc is NEW. >>>>
binary:fasta3-doc is NEW. >>>> binary:fasta3 is NEW. >>>> source:fasta3
is NEW. >>>> >>>> Your package has been put into the NEW queue, which
requires manual action >>>> from the ftpteam to process. The upload was
otherwise valid (it had a good >>>> OpenPGP signature and file hashes
are valid), so please be patient. >>> nice. Did anybody checked the only
reason for making this package non-free: >>> >>> >>> Files:
src/glo[bc]al_sse2.[ch] >>> src/smith_waterman_sse2.c >>> Copyright:
2006,2010 Michael Farrar <farrar.michael@gmail.com> >>> License:
Academics-only >>> This program may not be sold or incorporated into a
commercial product, >>> in whole or in part, without written consent of
Michael Farrar. For >>> further information regarding permission for use
or reproduction, please >>> contact: Michael Farrar at
farrar.michael@gmail.com. >>> >>> >>> I think chances to get 8 year old
software freed from the restriction >>> are worth trying. It would be
nice if you could do so and record your >>> attempt here[1]. >>> >>> [1]
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMed/SoftwareLiberation >> >> I agree,
Andreas. It should be well in the interest of the other authors >> to
have >> that "academics only" constraint removed. They may even not be
aware of it. >> >> Alex kindly helped out (and nicely improved the
packaging!) with his >> sponsoring. >> I had asked for it since it was
nagging badly on the bottom of a long >> todo list >> and do not want
open any extra mental slot for it. So, someone else please >> address
such follow-ups. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Steffen >> >> > > Hi Steffen
and Andreas, > > Wouldn't it be better to dcut it now (if not too late),
try to resolve > the issue and re-upload ? > > Thanks, > Alex
The package can move any time from non-free to main once upstream
decides to free also the last bit of their software.
I propose to just let it continue its course into Debian.
Best,
Steffen
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