[Bug 246524] Review Request: libquikgrid - The QuikGrid generator and contouring routine library

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Summary: Review Request: libquikgrid -  The QuikGrid generator and contouring routine library
Alias: libquikgrid

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=246524





------- Additional Comments From rvinyard at cs.nmsu.edu  2007-07-03 16:17 EST -------
Here's the latest version:
Spec URL: http://miskatonic.cs.nmsu.edu/pub/libquikgrid.spec
SRPM URL: http://miskatonic.cs.nmsu.edu/pub/libquikgrid-4.0-3.fc7.src.rpm

Changelog:
- Removed version from autotools patch
- Removed renaming of license and readme files
- Fixed CFLAGS in quikgrid.pc.in
- Fixed deprecated c++ headers in patch

Rather than messing with the install option I'll just leave the files alone and
put them in the docs.

With respect to the license, I think there are two issues. The version 5.3
refers to the QuikGrid windows application which is at version 5.3, whereas this
package is the quikgrid grid generation and contouring library which is at
version 4.0.

I was also a little confused about the way the license was worded, since the
non-commercial seemed contradictory to the statement that it was under the LGPL.
What you sometimes see is statements like "licensed under the LGPL except for
commercial purposes", etc. I wasn't sure if it was dual-licensed, originally
licensed non-commercial then then LGPL added, etc.

To clarify I contacted the author and his reply was:
"Is the problem that first line "Permission to copy for non commercial purposes
is granted"? If so I will delete it - I had no intention of putting any
limitations on the LGPL license. My general feeling is that I would like to see
the software used where it is useful and I don't want to put a lot of roadblocks
in front of people who want to do that and are willing to share changes to just
those functions... If I simply repackage it with a reference to the new LGPL and
place it on my web site I assume that is all that is required? I hope I can put
this off until August when we get back from our cruising."


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