Can someone package simon?

[Kevin Kofler]

I wrote:
> But Julius (which is the core tool Simon is based on) also has a license
> clause which I'd consider non-Free: you're required to cite it in any
> research which uses Julius in any way. It might even be interpreted in a
> way where if you use Simon to dictate a completely unrelated research
> paper, you have to cite Julius. This is a usage restriction which is IMHO
> really not acceptable (and IIRC, another piece of software was already
> rejected from Fedora for a similar clause). Licenses are not the proper
> venue to enforce academic honesty. That said, spot said at:
> http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2009-March/025990.html
> that he thinks this clause is fine (but he only said "pretty sure", so I
> guess he'd probably have to double-check with the FSF and/or RH Legal
> before giving a definite answer).

PS: And that clause is also definitely GPL-incompatible (as confirmed by 
spot), so it is illegal to distribute a binary of the GPLed Simon linked 
against Julius. Making it another reason why Simon is not distributable.

        Kevin Kofler