[Debichem-devel] Bug#643921: Bug#643921: avogadro: Includes non-free data files

[Jordan Mantha]

The 'testfiles' directory contains output from common computation
chemistry packages that interface with Avogadro. The licenses
mentioned are indeed non-free but they belong to the software
(Gaussian and NWChem) not the testfiles. I can talk with upstream
about this more but my understanding from previous conversations is
that the testfiles are not licensed under those licenses. I'm not sure
that that makes them DFSG-free since I don't know if they would be
considered public domain or similar, but the general understanding of
the community is that they are free.

-Jordan Mantha

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Sam Geeraerts <samgee at elmundolibre.be> wrote:
> Package: avogadro
> Version: 1.0.1-3+b1
> Severity: serious
> Tags: upstream
> Justification: Policy 2.1.6, 2.1.1
> User: gnewsense-dev at nongnu.org
> Usertags: gnewsense libreplanet
>
> The directory 'testfiles' in the source package contans some files
> that appear to have a non-free license.
>
> methane.g03 has this notice:
>
>  ---------------------------------------------------------------
>  Warning -- This program may not be used in any manner that
>  competes with the business of Gaussian, Inc. or will provide
>  assistance to any competitor of Gaussian, Inc.  The licensee
>  of this program is prohibited from giving any competitor of
>  Gaussian, Inc. access to this program.  By using this program,
>  the user acknowledges that Gaussian, Inc. is engaged in the
>  business of creating and licensing software in the field of
>  computational chemistry and represents and warrants to the
>  licensee that it is not a competitor of Gaussian, Inc. and that
>  it will not use this program in any manner prohibited above.
>  ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This forbids some uses of the file.
>
> methane.nwo and methanol.nwo have this notice:
>
>            This software (including any documentation) is being made
>            available to you for your internal use only, solely for use
>            in performance of work directly for the U.S. Federal
>            Government or work under contracts with the U.S. Department
>            of Energy or other U.S. Federal Government agencies.  This
>            software is a version which has not yet been evaluated and
>            cleared for commercialization.  Adherence to this notice
>            may be necessary for the author, Battelle Memorial
>            Institute, to successfully assert copyright in and
>            commercialize this software. This software is not intended
>            for duplication or distribution to third parties without
>            the permission of the Manager of Software Products at
>            Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland,
>            Washington, 99352.
>
> This does not allow distribution. Both limitations violate DFSG.
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 6.0.2
>  APT prefers stable
>  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_BE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
>
> Versions of packages avogadro depends on:
> ii  libavogadro1          1.0.1-3+b1         Molecular Graphics and Modelling S
> ii  libc6                 2.11.2-10          Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
> ii  libgcc1               1:4.4.5-8          GCC support library
> ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libg 7.7.1-4            A free implementation of the OpenG
> ii  libopenbabel3         2.2.3-1+b1         Chemical toolbox library
> ii  libqt4-opengl         4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 OpenGL module
> ii  libqtcore4            4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 core module
> ii  libqtgui4             4:4.6.3-4+squeeze1 Qt 4 GUI module
> ii  libstdc++6            4.4.5-8            The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
> ii  libx11-6              2:1.3.3-4          X11 client-side library
>
> Versions of packages avogadro recommends:
> ii  avogadro-data                 1.0.1-3    Molecular Graphics and Modelling S
>
> avogadro suggests no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
>
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