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Re: [PATCH] Add GeoGebra
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Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Add GeoGebra |
Date: |
Tue, 31 May 2016 18:18:17 +0200 |
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Hello!
Alex Vong <address@hidden> skribis:
> + ;; Move ".jar" files and license into "share/geogebra/".
> It seems the jar files are copied into the installation directory.
> This is no good because guix requires compiling everything from source
> (except the bootstrap binaries).
Indeed, those binaries must be removed in a ‘snippet’ field in the
‘origin’ object. See the ‘java-hamcrest-core’ package for an example of
that.
> + ;; Source code uses GPLv3+. Other parts (e.g., translations) use
> + ;; a Non-Commercial clause.
[...]
> "Please note that GeoGebra as a complete software program would
> probably not be considered "free" software according to the definition
> of that term which is used \
> by the Free Software Foundation.
Indeed, the non-commercial clause very clearly makes it non-free. All
the affected parts must also be removed in a ‘snippet’.
Nicolas, could you look into it?
Thanks!
Ludo’.