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[Morten Kjeldgaard <mok@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

OK, so this is the first mail using our mailing list!

> make DPS=${PWD} IND=${PWD}/index UTIL=${PWD}/src/dps/util \
> JPG=${PWD}/jpg AR_FLAG S=vru F77=gfortran FC=gfortran FLINK=gfortran \
> MOSLIBS="-lgpp4f -lgpp4 -lncurses - ldl -lpthread -lm"

That works for me. However, it seems mosflm comes bundled with cbflib and
libjpg, both of which are packaged for Debian. As we speak, I am working to
doctor the makefiles (and a few source files) so they use the system
versions instead.

Now, if this software is to be packaged for a wider audience, there are some
questions that need to be cleared up.

I understood from the earlier discussion that Harry has equipped mosflm with
a free license, but there is no mention of it anywhere that I can find.

Mosflm also bundles the dps stuff from Purdue, which is licensed under a
weird license that in spirit looks a bit like the original 4-clause BSD with
the very annoying advertising clause. Further, it has the restriction that
you can not charge for the material under any circumstances, which I believe
(paradoxically) makes the software "non-free" in the DFSG sense.

Also there is the question of copyright. Mosflm has an author list a mile
long. Many, many people have had their hands in the software, although
Andrew Leslie and Harry Powell have been the maintainers and developers for
the last many years. However, Mosflm is based on the MOSCO suite, which was
developed by Wonacott and Nyborg. It would be useful and interesting, also
from a historical perspective, to work out the complete list of copyright
holders.

Cheers,
Morten

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