Comments regarding laszip_2.2.0-1_amd64.changes

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

I've been in contact with the FastAC authors, and Amir Said has replied
indicating that they would like their code to be used in Free Software
projects:

On 08/22/2014 01:51 AM, Amir Said wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Our main objective was to avoid people modifying the code,
> redistributing it, and we receiving complaints that "our" code wasn't
> working...
>
> I'll be glad to see it used in Free Software projects..., and a link
> to our book
>
>
http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/engineering/communications-and-signal-processing/digital-signal-compression-principles-and-practice
>
> would be nice, but not essential ;-)
>
> What do we need to do?
>
> Amir

I've recommended that they publish updated FastAC code in which the
license is changed to the 2-clause BSD license which is closest to the
current license. Or the BSD-3-Clause or its Clear variant, for broadest
compatibility for use in Free Software projects. And explained that
using GPL2+ would prevent the use in BSD licensed projects.

I think it's safe to reject the laszip package in its current form. And
I'll work with the FastAC and LASzip developers to get the relicensed
FastAC code included in a new LASzip release which I'll then resubmit
for ftp-master review in the NEW queue.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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