Bug 1062385

Summary:	Review Request: colt - Java libraries for high performance scientific and technical computing
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Robert Rati <rrati>
Component:	Package Review	Assignee:	Nobody's working on this, feel free to take it <nobody>
Status:	CLOSED CANTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	rawhide	CC:	mizdebsk, package-review, puntogil
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Description Robert Rati 2014-02-06 18:58:38 UTC

Spec URL: http://rrati.fedorapeople.org/colt.spec
SRPM URL: http://rrati.fedorapeople.org/colt-1.2.0-1.fc19.src.rpm
Description: Java libraries for high performance scientific and technical computing.
Fedora Account System Username: rrati

Comment 1 gil cattaneo 2014-02-06 20:13:06 UTC

Hi

The package unfortunately needs to go to non-free because an exception clause from LGPL.

"Packages hep.aida.*

... the terms of the LGPL License, with the exception that any usage related to military applications is expressly forbidden"

see http://acs.lbl.gov/software/colt/license.html

Please, use 

Source0: http://acs.lbl.gov/software/colt/colt-download/releases/colt-1.2.0.tar.gz

Comment 2 Robert Rati 2014-02-06 20:46:58 UTC

Maybe "LGPL with restrictions" is better for the license.  The restrictions would need to be e-mailed to the legal team for acceptance.  What governs if a package goes to non-free?

Comment 3 gil cattaneo 2014-02-06 21:35:22 UTC

(In reply to Robert Rati from comment #2)
> Maybe "LGPL with restrictions" is better for the license.  The restrictions
> would need to be e-mailed to the legal team for acceptance.  What governs if
> a package goes to non-free?

sorry, i dont know...
but you should open also an FPC exception for hep.aida

http://aida.freehep.org/

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:No_Bundled_Libraries#Exceptions

i dont know if package hep.aida is an interface, i cant find the freehep aida source repository

Comment 4 Mikolaj Izdebski 2014-02-12 21:29:50 UTC

(In reply to gil cattaneo from comment #1)
> "Packages hep.aida.*
> 
> ... the terms of the LGPL License, with the exception that any usage related
> to military applications is expressly forbidden"
> 
> see http://acs.lbl.gov/software/colt/license.html

I agree with gil, this software is non-free and cannot be included in Fedora, unless upstream is willing to relicense it under a free software license.

Comment 5 Robert Rati 2014-02-19 17:52:36 UTC

The licensing issues prevent this package from being included in Fedora.  The independent aida package won't meet colt's needs either, so I am closing this review request.