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 > > http://scid.sourceforge.net/ > > 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