[Bug 464074] Review Request: cddlib - A library for generating all vertices in convex polyhedrons

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--- Comment #19 from Jon Ciesla <limb at jcomserv.net>  2008-10-29 08:20:53 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #17)
> (In reply to comment #16)
> > >> The file:
> > >> examples-ml/Combinatorica5.m
> > >> Cannot be included in Fedora cue to the following licensing clause:
> > >> 
> > >> This package may be copied in its entirety for nonprofit purposes only.
> > >> Sale, other than for the direct cost of the media, is prohibited.  This
> > >> copyright notice must accompany all copies.
> > >
> > >Good spot. Will rm in prep.
> > 
> > No, you need a modified tarball, so it doesn't wind up in the SRPM.
> > See:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/SourceURL#When_Upstream_uses_Prohibited_Code
> 
> That links says "Some upstream packages include patents or trademarks that we
> are not allowed to ship even as source code." It does not say we need to remove
> improperly licensed files from the source tarball.

Read the next sentence in that paragraph: 

"In these cases you have to modify the source tarball to remove this code
before you even upload it to the build system."

> > Yeah, probably disable.  And your -static/-devel explanation is IMHO sound.
> 
> Alright.

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