Latest revision as of 20:11, 3 November 2014

Fedora Astronomy, refused packages

Packages whose licensing or other issues forbid then to be included in Fedora. *sad panda* You can also check packages already in Fedora and proposed packages .

Name of package	Reason
Audela	License: Depends on libRTImage which is non-profit only. There might more such things in the src/external directory as there are many files lacking any license information and sometimes even author contact.
cora	License: One of the dependencies, PGPLOT, is not free to use. Please see here for more information : [1]
Gasgano	License: Java Data File Organiser used to run CPL recipes. Only jars are provided. Contacted, ESO helpdesk confirms that Gasgano is not free software
Iraf	License: Iraf includes some libraries (NCAR graphics) whose redistribution is forbidden in the COPYRIGHTS file
jsky	License: GPL, but depends on non-free jai
VOPlot	License: Non-commercial usage only
XEphem	License: Personal or educational usage only.
ssystem	Unmaintained: openuniverse is a maintained fork of this software.
aa56	Deprecated: old software...
xplns	License: no source code available

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 = Fedora Astronomy, refused packages =
-Packages whose licensing or other issues forbid then to be included in Fedora. '''*sad panda*''' You can also check [[SIGs/Astronomy/Packages|  packages already in Fedora]] , [[SIGs/Astronomy/Packages/UnderReview|  packages under review]]  and [[SIGs/Astronomy/Packages/Proposed|  proposed packages]] .
+Packages whose licensing or other issues forbid then to be included in Fedora. '''*sad panda*''' You can also check [[SIGs/Astronomy/Packages|  packages already in Fedora]]  and [[SIGs/Astronomy/Packages/Proposed|  proposed packages]] .
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 | ''Name of package'' || ''Reason''
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-|[http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/ Aladin Sky Atlas]  || '''License:''' For educational and research purposes only
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 |[http://www.audela.org/ Audela]  || '''License:''' Depends on libRTImage which is non-profit only. There might more such things in the src/external directory as there are many files lacking any license information and sometimes even author contact.
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 |[http://archive.eso.org/JSky/ jsky]  || '''License:''' GPL, but depends on non-free [http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/media/jai/ jai]
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-|[http://www.physics.muni.cz/mb/nightview/ NightView] || '''License:''' Using closed and proprietary SBIG library.
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 |[http://vo.iucaa.ernet.in/~voi/voplot.htm VOPlot]  || '''License:''' Non-commercial usage only