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The participants of the [[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMed/Meeting/Southport2012|Debian Med sprint in Southport (27.01. to 29.01.2012)]] would like to ask the authors of [[http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip.html|Phylip]] for reconsidering their licensing conditions. The signers of this petition have a strong interest in including Phylip into the Debian distribution however, this conflicts with the following phrases of the Phylip license: The participants of the [[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMed/Meeting/Southport2012|Debian Med sprint in Southport (27.01. to 29.01.2012)]] would like to ask the authors of [[http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip.html|Phylip]] to reconsider their licensing conditions. The signers of this petition have a strong interest in including Phylip into the Debian distribution, along with otherwise free tools that inherit portions of the Phylip code. However, this conflicts with the following phrases of the Phylip license:
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These phrases are in conflict with items 6., 7. and 9. of the [[http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines|Debian Free Software Guidelines]] which are widely accepte as [[http://www.opensource.org/osd.html|Open Source definition]] because redistribution is restricted to specific cases. These phrases are in conflict with items 6., 7. and 9. of the [[http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines|Debian Free Software Guidelines]] which are widely accepted as [[http://www.opensource.org/osd.html|Open Source definition]] because redistribution is restricted to specific cases.
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It would be really helpful for the integration into Debian as well as for Debian derived distributions like Ubuntu and thus BioLinux if you might consider a wording that would enable free redistribution. Alternatively you might want to release Phylip under well known free licenses like for instance GPL, Apache, MPL or BSD. To enable the full integration of Phylip into Debian, as well as Debian derived distributions like Ubuntu and Bio-Linux, we ask the copyright holders to consider a wording that would enable free redistribution. Alternatively you might want to release Phylip under well known free licenses like for instance GPL, Apache, MPL or BSD.
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||Timothy Booth ||tbooth@ceh.ac.uk ||UK Natural Environment Research Council, Bio-Linux ||

Petition to the authors of Phylip

The participants of the Debian Med sprint in Southport (27.01. to 29.01.2012) would like to ask the authors of Phylip to reconsider their licensing conditions. The signers of this petition have a strong interest in including Phylip into the Debian distribution, along with otherwise free tools that inherit portions of the Phylip code. However, this conflicts with the following phrases of the Phylip license:

  • .. the programs are not integrated with or called by any product or service that generates revenue,
  • ..
  • .. Permission requests for any other distribution of this program should be directed to license @ u.washington.edu
  • ..

These phrases are in conflict with items 6., 7. and 9. of the Debian Free Software Guidelines which are widely accepted as Open Source definition because redistribution is restricted to specific cases.

To enable the full integration of Phylip into Debian, as well as Debian derived distributions like Ubuntu and Bio-Linux, we ask the copyright holders to consider a wording that would enable free redistribution. Alternatively you might want to release Phylip under well known free licenses like for instance GPL, Apache, MPL or BSD.

Signing Participants

Name

E-Mail

Organisation

Andreas Tille

tille@debian.org

Debian

Timothy Booth

tbooth@ceh.ac.uk

UK Natural Environment Research Council, Bio-Linux

Further reading

  1. Debian Free Software Guidelines

  2. The Open Source Definition (Annotated)

  3. FAQ about Debian Free Software Guidelines