[netcdf-java] Creative Commons Attribution License 2.5

• To: netcdf-java@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: [netcdf-java] Creative Commons Attribution License 2.5
• From: Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:30:57 +0200

Hi all,

  I am getting very (very!) close to having netcdf-java in debian. One
remaining issue is with the following file:
  cdm/src/main/java/net/jcip/annotations/GuardedBy.java

  This file is distributed with a Creative Commons Attribution License
version 2.5 license. However this license is not accepted in debian
(main) because it is not compatible with DFSG [1]. It has been
discussed in greater details here [2]. For more information on the
status of CC-BY(-SA) 2.5 and previous one can see [3] or [4].

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  Now there are two ways to go:
1. remove this file and possibly replace with something else ?
2. ask the copyright holder to relicensed his/her work under a
CC-BY(-SA) 3.0 license.

  What is the position of the netcdf-java team on this issue ?

Thanks in advance for your time,

[1] http://www.debian.org/social_contract
[2] 
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-med-packaging/2012-April/014918.html
[3] http://evan.prodromou.name/ccsummary/ccsummary.html
[4] 
http://wiki.debian.org/DFSGLicenses#Creative_Commons_Attribution-Share_Alike_Generic_.28CC-BY-SA.29.2C_v2.5

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Mathieu