[php-maint] Bug#498621: Please remove the condition Re: MTrand code, licence problem

[Thijs Kinkhorst]

Dear professor Matsumoto,

Thank you very much for your cooperation.


kind regards,
Thijs Kinkhorst


On Wed, October 1, 2008 10:28, Makoto Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> I see, please remove this condition from the source code.
> (I had not paid attention to this problem.)
>
>
> I am thankful for using the Mersenne Twister code.
> Best, Makoto Matsumoto.
>
>
> Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
>
>> Dear professor Matsumoto,
>>
>>
>> I'm contacting you about a problem we encounted in the Debian Linux
>> distribution, where we include the well-known PHP interpreter. It
>> includes Mersenne Twister code written by you.
>>
>>
>> According to Debian's free software guidelines, the following part of
>> the licence is not allowed for software in Debian:
>>
>> " When you use this, send an email to: matumoto at math.keio.ac.jp
>> with an appropriate reference to your work"
>>
>> I would like to kindly ask you to give us or anyone deriving from
>> Debian
>> permission to remove this condition from the source code, or to rephrase
>>  it as a request but not a requirement (e.g.: "When you use this,
>> please consider to send an email to...")
>>
>> If this is OK with you, all that is needed is just a reply to this
>> email stating that you agree. It would help us very much.
>>
>> Thank you for your consideration, and we hope to hear from you.
>>
>>
>>
>> kind regards, Thijs Kinkhorst
>> Debian Developer
>>
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