Description of problem: Octave, which is licensed under GPLv3+, links with arpack, which is licensed under RiceBSD, which was determined in bug 234191 to be GPL-incompatible. This is not allowed under the FSF's interpretation that linking creates a derivative work, which Fedora is using. (I'm pursing this in an effort to help Fedora comply with its own policies, without implying that I think the FSF is right.) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): octave-3.2.3-4.fc12.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. rpm -qf $(ldd /usr/libexec/octave/3.2.3/oct/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu/eig.oct \ | grep arpack | awk '{ print $3 }') --qf '%{LICENSE}\n'
David Bateman pointed out in bug 234191 comment 11 that the arpack license has changed to BSD. So there is no incompatibility; instead, the arpack license tag just needs to be updated in Fedora.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 234191 ***
If you want to dup this to bug 234191, then bug 234191 needs to be reopened and morphed to request the updating of the license tag in Fedora.
Please check on the bug's status first, there are even builds underway. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 234191 ***
Bug 234191's status is CLOSED UPSTREAM. As I said, it needs to be reopened before marking this one as a duplicate. I would do that, but I don't have editbugs.
(In reply to comment #5) > Bug 234191's status is CLOSED UPSTREAM. As I said, it needs to be reopened > before marking this one as a duplicate. I would do that, but I don't have > editbugs. Fixing this as a dupe, and will re-open the other. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 234191 ***