Re: default option set for math/octave depends on non-free software

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 04:28:17PM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Offensive isn't really the issue.  szip does not even come close to
> qualifying as "open source" or "Free", and thus by our rules requires a
> license tag.

Please look at the package again. It is not about whether or not it
requires a license tag. It is about whether the package is
redistributable or not. I think it qualifies for the later and therefore
binary packages can be distributed.

Joerg