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mssstest for Debian
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Upstream has not implemented what one would call an intuitive user
interface. Please read the upstream README and copy/link the global.dat
files to the current directory prior to use. Also you need a file with
patients scores that should be investigated named edss.txt. The shell
script /usr/bin/mssstest changes the path to /usr/share/mssstest prior
to execution in order to find these files. The real binary is in
/usr/lib/mssstest which you might decide to use directly.
The C source code is very clear. Please provide patches to improve the
user interface if you have spare resources. As Goran weinholt@debian.org
rightously pointed out, the license does not allow any such modifications,
though it is my firm belief, that this is of a mere shift in focus of
the upstream fellows who just see people dying and want to help. I heard
from multiple directions that these guys are actually nice, even if they
did not get to me with respect with our problems with this license.
In order to eventually close the bug I have attached our original email
exchange and removed the tiny changes to the upstream's makefile.
Steffen Mller
From Richard@Roxburgh.net.nz Fri Dec 17 12:40:29 2004
To: Steffen Moeller <moeller@pzr3.pzr.uni-rostock.de>
Subject: RE: MSSStest, request for preprint
Dear Steffen
Thanks for your interest in MSSStest. It's great to have the paper finally
accepted by Neurology and we are very proud of our little program.
We are also flattered by your interest in distributing it as part of the
Debian database. However, I am far from clear why anyone would want to buy
it at a new stand etc when its so readily available for download for free
and I'm pretty sure that people will be able to find it pretty easily by
just putting MSSStest into Google.
I enclose the preprint that you requested.
Regards
Richard
-----Original Message-----
From: Steffen Moeller [mailto:moeller@pzr3.pzr.uni-rostock.de]
Sent: 02 December 2004 11:25
To: richard@roxburgh.net.nz
Subject: MSSStest, request for preprint
[...]
I personally wanted to spread this idea, also for its application to
other diseases. You tool will therefore appear in the Debian Linux
distribution in not too far future. I thought this would be of your
interest. It is a pity that you do not allow the program to be sold. The
Debian CDs are sold, mostly together with a Computer magazine at a news
stand for a few Euros.
I am certain that you did not want to prohibit the distribution of your
software via such channels. If you could remove this clause then at least
Debian would be helped to provide the package on all the 11 Platforms it
supports which it would not do for packages it interprets as "non-free".
[...]
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