Clarification about the LDPC license #7
Description
Hello @radfordneal,
For context, the package of openfec has just been rejected from Debian because it contains some LDPC codes with the following license:
Permission is granted for anyone to copy, use, modify, or distribute these
programs and accompanying documents for any purpose, provided this copyright
notice is retained and prominently displayed, along with a note saying
that the original programs are available from Radford Neal's web page, and
note is made of any changes made to these programs. These programs and
documents are distributed without any warranty, express or implied. As the
programs were written for research purposes only, they have not been tested
to the degree that would be advisable in any important application. All use
of these programs is entirely at the user's own risk.
The questionable part is ... this copyright notice is retained and prominently displayed, ... because we don't know if Debian fulfills this requirement knowing the license and copyright are in the header of relevant files, moreover we provide a summary of all licenses of a software in a debian/copyright file as you can see for openfec here.
If would be wonderful if you could confirm it is enough to be compatible with prominently displayed.
Thank you!
Best regards,
Dylan