Fwd: [Magic-dev] Magic: Licensing and embedding readline libraries

[Aanjhan R]

[Below Mail was sent to me instead of the list by mistake I guess, as
it addresses Tim]


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From: Chitlesh GOORAH <chitlesh at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Magic-dev] Magic: Licensing and embedding readline libraries
To: Aanjhan R <aanjhan at gmail.com>


On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 8:46 PM, R. Timothy Edwards

>  Any mention of GPL in the Fedora package must be in error.  I have
 >  never been able to tell exactly what license Magic falls under, but
 >  I would assume it to be a BSD license.

 Hello Tim,

 I guess that this is an upstream issue, because when I was asked to
 prove the GPL license of Magic during the package review of Magic (for
 Fedora Project), I've pointed them to
 http://opencircuitdesign.com/

 The very first paragraph states:
 ""
 Thank you for visiting the Open Circuit Design website. This website
 is the repository for the suite of open-source EDA (Electronic Design
 Automation) tools including Magic, IRSIM, Netgen, PCB, and XCircuit.
 These tools are all provided for free under the GNU Public License
 (GPL).
 ""

 Here the word _all_ had said everything.


 On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Aanjhan R < hidden > wrote:
 > The only way out is to hack in getting the package use
 > libreadline of the distro or some such.

 I'll advise you to opt for the system wide packages. Believe me for
 debugging or bugfixing, it will be very helpful.
 At the fedora project, every packager _should_ comply to use system
 wide packages only.



 >  I am still wondering how Fedora resolved this license conflict.

 If the official website says GPL, it's GPL for me.

 However, if there is a mistake somewhere, that might be my fault,
 along with a lot of misunderstanding from all the parties.

 I'm eager to know what will be the license of all the tools from
 opencircuitdesign.com.

 Kind regards,
 Chitlesh

 PS: I'm on vacation as from this Wednesday for 2 weeks. I might not be
 able to change the licenses at the Fedora Project if needed, during
 that period. But certainly will when I'll be back.



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