[Bioc-devel] Package with restrictive licenses, not suitable for Bioconductor

[Charles Plessy]

Le Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 08:28:34PM +0000, Laurent Gatto via Bioc-devel a écrit :
> The Bioconductor contributions guide says:
> 
> > Licenses restricting use, e.g., to academic or non-profit
> > researchers, are not suitable for Bioconductor.
> 
> but we have several packages with restrictive licenses:

Hello,

there is also at least one package that contains a file derived from the
MEME suite and that is unfortunately restricted for non-commercial use.

https://code.bioconductor.org/browse/rGADEM/blob/RELEASE_3_19/src/evalue_meme.c?branch=RELEASE_3_19&file=src/evalue_meme.c#L14

It may also cause incompatibility problems with the GPL license of the
whole R package when distributed as a binary package or a container
image.

Best,

Charles, Debian developer and OIST.jp researcher

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Charles Plessy
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