[Debian-med-packaging] [Samtools-devel] Picard license

[Shaun Jackman]

Thanks, Alec.

On Mon, 2010-06-28 at 05:41 -0700, Alec Wysoker wrote:
> Hi Shaun,
> 
> Picard is released approximately every 2 weeks.  The next release
> should be around July 6.
> 
> -Alec
> 
> Shaun Jackman wrote: 
> > Hi Tim,
> > 
> > I figured as much. Thanks for the quick response. Would a new release of
> > Picard be upcoming?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Shaun
> > 
> > On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 06:22 -0700, Tim Fennell wrote:
> >   
> > > Hi Shaun,
> > > 
> > > It was just an oversight - not intentional.  I've committed those five files with copyright statement replaced with our standard MIT license.
> > > 
> > > -t
> > > 
> > > On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:48 AM, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> > > 
> > >     
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > Currently there are five files in Picard whose license is "All rights
> > > > are reserved":
> > > > src/java/net/sf/samtools/apps/TimeChannel.java
> > > > src/java/net/sf/samtools/apps/TimeRandomAccessFile.java
> > > > src/java/net/sf/samtools/FixBAMFile.java
> > > > src/scripts/explain_sam_flags.py
> > > > src/scripts/release_picard.sh
> > > > 
> > > > Would you consider licensing these files under the same license as the
> > > > rest of Picard, namely the MIT license, which begins
> > > > Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
> > > > 
> > > > I'd like to package Picard for Debian, but the "All rights are
> > > > reserved" license does not permit Debian to redistribute these five
> > > > files.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Shaun
> > > > 
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