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Re: Bioconductor package flowPeaks license Artistic 1.0?
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zimoun |
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Re: Bioconductor package flowPeaks license Artistic 1.0? |
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Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:40:38 +0100 |
Hi Tobias,
On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 at 21:24, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <address@hidden> wrote:
[...]
> > piece of code, try to publish a paper, etc.. Well the
> > Reproducibility
> > of Science crisis.
>
> That is a shame. And that while other scientists (like you) are
> working hard to make research more ‘open’ and reproducible.
Here 'open' is not enough. ;-)
> However, even if they don't maintain the code they can still
> relicence it with no effort on their part. We can still hope.
The issue is really to be able to contact the author. And I am not
sure this person is even the copyright holder. (In some country, the
company/institute own the copyright even the code is not written in
office's hours.)
For example, 2 files contains:
<<
* The author of this software is Steven Fortune. Copyright (c) 1994 by AT&T
* Bell Laboratories.
* Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
[...]
* This code was originally written by Stephan Fortune in C code. I,
Shane O'Sullivan,
* have since modified it, encapsulating it in a C++ class and, fixing
memory leaks and
* adding accessors to the Voronoi Edges.
* Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
[...]
>>
The most of the files claim:
<<
* The author of this software is Yongchao Ge.
* Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
* purpose without fee is hereby granted, provided that this entire notice
* is included in all copies of any software which is or includes a copy
* or modification of this software and in all copies of the supporting
* documentation for such software.
* THIS SOFTWARE IS BEING PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
* WARRANTY. IN PARTICULAR, THE AUTHOR DOES NOT MAKE ANY
* REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE MERCHANTABILITY
* OF THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>>
Well, the only mention of the Artistic 1.0 license is these 3 files:
README, DESCRIPTION and vignettes/flowPeaks-guide.Rnw.
Does that mean I am allowed to reuse almost everything and repack in
another repo licensing with a "good" license?
[...]
> If I'm still not making myself clear, I apologise & capitulate.
I got it. Yes it is clear!
> > So I will appeal to FSF/GNU. ;-)
>
> I admire your tenacity. Good luck!
Before I need to assembling the file. :-)
For example, how many packages in Bioconductor use the Artistic 1.0?
Thank for all your explanation and your time.
All the best,
simon
- Re: Bioconductor package flowPeaks license Artistic 1.0?, zimoun, 2019/12/19
- Re: Bioconductor package flowPeaks license Artistic 1.0?, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice, 2019/12/19
- Guix and Bioconductor., Giovanni Biscuolo, 2019/12/20
- Re: Guix and Bioconductor., Ricardo Wurmus, 2019/12/20
- [OT] Re: Guix and Bioconductor., Giovanni Biscuolo, 2019/12/21
Re: Bioconductor package flowPeaks license Artistic 1.0?, zimoun, 2019/12/19