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Licensing issue with Gmsh?
From: |
zimoun |
Subject: |
Licensing issue with Gmsh? |
Date: |
Fri, 02 Oct 2020 10:07:53 +0200 |
Dear,
I am updating the package gmsh. Currently, the part ’contrib/metis’ is
removed with the comment “non-free METIS code”:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(snippet
;; Remove non-free METIS code
'(begin
(delete-file-recursively "contrib/metis")
#t))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
However, METIS is licensed Apache v2.0 and note that there is one
package ’metis’ (“guix show metis”) but it cannot be used, anyway.
The code is here:
<https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/-/tree/master/contrib/metis>
What is wrong with the licensing? Only the header of files?
Note that Debian compiles it with METIS:
<https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/gmsh/-/blob/master/debian/rules#L37>
Nnot checked with other distributions.)
I am inclined to enable METIS because it appears to me fine. However,
since freedom is essential, it would like another advice and/or comment
on.
Thank you in advance.
All the best,
simon
ps:
I discussed this point upstream:
<https://gitlab.onelab.info/gmsh/gmsh/-/issues/1013>
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