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[PATCH] gnu: Add agrep.

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Message #25 received at 26890-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 26890-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Kei Kebreau <kei <at> openmailbox.org>,
 Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Subject: Re: bug#26890: [PATCH] gnu: Add agrep.
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 22:10:04 +0200

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> skribis:

> Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name> writes:
>
>> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 05:04:08PM -0400, Kei Kebreau wrote:
>>> Quote from copying.agrep in the source directory:
>>>   4. Redistribution for profit requires the express, written permission
>>>      of the authors.
>>
>> Unfortunately, this clause makes agrep not free software. Indeed, Debian
>> distributes it from their non-free repos:
>>
>> https://packages.debian.org/sid/agrep
>
> This is confusing.  Debian has version 4.17-9 but I don’t even know
> where they got it from.  The home page that’s linked there only has 2.x
> tarballs.
>
> And this clashes with the declaration of the ICS version in the git
> repo.
>
> Weird!  I really don’t mind dropping this patch (I just packaged it
> while demonstrating Guix), but it’s sad that the license situation here
> is so contradictory.

So I’m closing this entry if you don’t mind.  :-)

Ludo’.

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