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[Carsten Schoenert <c.schoenert@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Tomasz,

Am 02.01.2018 um 23:20 schrieb Tomasz Wlostowski:
> Forgive my ignorance, but what's the problem with ngspice's license that
> makes it non-free?

the license situation for ngspice 27 is much better than before but
there are still files or folders licensed by a non free-license from the
Debian POV.

I've tried to summarize the current situation in the dedicated readme
file for the source. This needs for sure some more explanation as for
this that file exactly exists.

https://github.com/tijuca/ngspice-dfsg/blob/debian/sid/debian/README.source

Especially the manual (extra tarball) and documentation still can't go
into Debian main due the used license SPICEDOC e.g.

Some more old conversation about the outstanding license issues in
version 26 can be found in a old discussion on debian-legal with some
more background info.

The whole ngspice source is a rabbit hole from a legal view. It shows
how important exact copyright and license information are!

https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2016/10/msg00040.html

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Regards
Carsten Schoenert