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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the wiki page Carsten made on https://wiki.debian.org/KiCad/ngspice
is a good overview of that.

2018-01-02 23:43 GMT+01:00 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
>
> --
> Regards
> Carsten Schoenert
>
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