Hi,
I'm a bit confused about the Axiom-packages available on AUR:
There is
axiom-cas may2012-1 modified-BSD pointing to http://www.axiom-developer.org/ ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/axiom-cas/ )
open-axiom 1.4.2-4 custom pointing to http://www.open-axiom.org ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/open-axiom/ )
open-axiom-svn 1082-1 GPL2 pointing to http://www.open-axiom.org ( https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/open-axiom-svn/ )
It looks like all three packages refer to the same program: the Axiom-CAS.
Looks a bit messy to me.
Can someone bring order into this?
Thanks, Oliver
Hello,
I looked up some information...
Axiom has been forked in 2007 into FriCAS and OpenAxiom.
So, Axiom and OpenAxiom are the same.
Nevertheless there are two AUR-packages with OpenAxiom, and the mentioned licenses (in the package description) differ.
How will such a case be handled?
Ciao, Oliver
On 2014-01-16 23:24 +0100 oliver wrote:
Hello,
I looked up some information...
Axiom has been forked in 2007 into FriCAS and OpenAxiom.
So, Axiom and OpenAxiom are the same.
Nevertheless there are two AUR-packages with OpenAxiom, and the mentioned licenses (in the package description) differ.
How will such a case be handled?
Ciao, Oliver
Hi,
I have merged axiom-cas into open-axiom. The former package was outdated and of poor quality.
Regards, Xyne
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:53:26PM +0000, Xyne wrote:
On 2014-01-16 23:24 +0100 oliver wrote:
Hello,
I looked up some information...
Axiom has been forked in 2007 into FriCAS and OpenAxiom.
So, Axiom and OpenAxiom are the same.
Nevertheless there are two AUR-packages with OpenAxiom, and the mentioned licenses (in the package description) differ.
How will such a case be handled?
Ciao, Oliver
Hi,
I have merged axiom-cas into open-axiom. The former package was outdated and of poor quality.
[...]
OK, I see.
But the package open-axiom-svn 1082-1 says, License is GPL2. looking up the License on the projects's homepage, I found " Modified BSD license". So, "custom" (because not BSD, but modified BSD) seems to be correct.
See here: http://www.open-axiom.org/license.html
So the package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/open-axiom/ says "custom" license
and the package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/open-axiom-svn/ says GPL2, which is not correct.
Is a comment to the maintainer and waiting for answer sufficient?
Ciao, Oliver
Is a comment to the maintainer and waiting for answer sufficient?
A comment may not be noticed by the maintainer, as the maintainer can disable email notifications for their own packages. You should email the maintainer if: * You want to ensure that the maintainer knows about the incorrect package. * You intend on fixing and adopting the package yourself.
If your intent is simply to tell others about the incorrect license, a simple comment is enough.
Well, that's my read on the situation.
--Jeremy
Am 16.01.2014 23:24, schrieb oliver:
Hello,
I looked up some information...
Axiom has been forked in 2007 into FriCAS and OpenAxiom.
yes
So, Axiom and OpenAxiom are the same.
no, that conclusion is false. Both projects exist and are more or less active. They are even using different programming languages internally (Arcor vs SPAD).
Nevertheless there are two AUR-packages with OpenAxiom, and the mentioned licenses (in the package description) differ.
How will such a case be handled?
The wrong one should (GPL) be changed by the maintainer.
Ciao, Oliver
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