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[bug#61204] Scilab scientific software
From: |
Simon Tournier |
Subject: |
[bug#61204] Scilab scientific software |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:57:19 +0100 |
Hi,
On Wed, 01 Feb 2023 at 02:07, Nicolas Graves via Guix-patches via
<guix-patches@gnu.org> wrote:
> I took a job where I have to use the scientific software suite Scilab in
> an old version (5.4.1). I'll probably update it during this job.
Congrats!
> I managed to package this version in the non-graphical version of Scilab
> 5.5.X versions this weekend.
Cool! Well, I was tweaking and reviewing the series when…
> It needs some old software libraries (metis@4, suitesparse@3), which
> releases are not even in guix's history, and some compilation errors
> fixes.
…I see two issues about licenses:
1. Metis 4 is not free software
2. Scilab is Cecill v2.1 and not gpl2 as the patch suggests.
About #2, the fix is easy. :-)
About #1, it will be difficult.
Well, maybe these 3 old versions of Scilab could go to the channel
guix-science [1] or guix-science-non-free [2].
If Scilab 6 works with Metis 5, then there is no issue with the licenses
and could be included.
WDYT?
1: https://github.com/guix-science/guix-science
2: https://github.com/guix-science/guix-science-nonfree
Cheers,
simon