Hi all, I'd like to know if scid is suitable for inclusion in Fedora
License, as stated in the COPYNG file, is GPL. Tarball includes some nonGPL staff (opening books) that can be removed without great losses to package.
But also scid includes some nonfree (?) Nalimov code which is important for me. File COPING says about Nalimov code the following
************************ Please note: although there is no explicit copyright notice in the tablebase decoding code, all rights are reserved by its author Eugene Nalimov and you should ask for permission before using it. He has granted permission for its distribution in Scid, and out of courtesy I ask that if you make use of the tablebase code outside of Scid, please ask Eugene first. His email address is at the end of the file src/egtb/probe.txt. ************************
What do you think about Nalimov code? I am sure that this code is not accepted in Fedora, but RPMFusion guys asked me to clarify that question here.
Mikhail Kalenkov.
On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 22:26 +0300, Mikhail Kalenkov wrote:
Hi all, I'd like to know if scid is suitable for inclusion in Fedora
License, as stated in the COPYNG file, is GPL. Tarball includes some nonGPL staff (opening books) that can be removed without great losses to package.
But also scid includes some nonfree (?) Nalimov code which is important for me. File COPING says about Nalimov code the following
Please note: although there is no explicit copyright notice in the tablebase decoding code, all rights are reserved by its author Eugene Nalimov and you should ask for permission before using it. He has granted permission for its distribution in Scid, and out of courtesy I ask that if you make use of the tablebase code outside of Scid, please ask Eugene first. His email address is at the end of the file src/egtb/probe.txt.
What do you think about Nalimov code? I am sure that this code is not accepted in Fedora, but RPMFusion guys asked me to clarify that question here.
Well, what I would do is to send Eugene Nalimov an email asking him for the licensing terms for his tablebase decoding code. Specifically, we want to know what the terms are for:
* use * modification * redistribution
For sanity sake, suggesting the GPL would also be a good idea.
~spot
2009/1/13 Tom spot Callaway tcallawa@redhat.com:
On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 22:26 +0300, Mikhail Kalenkov wrote:
Hi all, I'd like to know if scid is suitable for inclusion in Fedora
License, as stated in the COPYNG file, is GPL. Tarball includes some nonGPL staff (opening books) that can be removed without great losses to package.
But also scid includes some nonfree (?) Nalimov code which is important for me. File COPING says about Nalimov code the following
Please note: although there is no explicit copyright notice in the tablebase decoding code, all rights are reserved by its author Eugene Nalimov and you should ask for permission before using it. He has granted permission for its distribution in Scid, and out of courtesy I ask that if you make use of the tablebase code outside of Scid, please ask Eugene first. His email address is at the end of the file src/egtb/probe.txt.
What do you think about Nalimov code? I am sure that this code is not accepted in Fedora, but RPMFusion guys asked me to clarify that question here.
Well, what I would do is to send Eugene Nalimov an email asking him for the licensing terms for his tablebase decoding code. Specifically, we want to know what the terms are for:
- use
- modification
- redistribution
For sanity sake, suggesting the GPL would also be a good idea.
~spot
I wrote to Eugene Nalimov but didn't received any response. Could you make a conclusion based on available facts?
Mikhail Kalenkov.
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Tom Callaway