[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Bug#497724: arpack removal

[Thomas Viehmann]

Package: arpack++
Severity: serious

Hi,

your reverse dependency arpack is about to be removed because its
license is not DFSG-free (see bug #491794).

This means that either your package needs to build / function without
this dependency or needs to be removed or moved to contrib/non-free.

In addition, it appears that some research is needed on whether the
licensing problems with arpack also apply to arpack++, i.e. whether the
contributions of the Rice University are indeed public domain.

Kind regards

T.
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