Re: archivers/szip license

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

On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 07:52:56AM -0500, Jason Bacon wrote:
> 
> I think the license restrictions listed in Makefile are wrong:
> 
> https://support.hdfgroup.org/doc_resource/SZIP/Commercial_szip.html
> 
> I don't see anything to indicate that it cannot be redistributed in binary
> form, only that certain types of commercial use are not allowed without
> permission.
> 
> Any objections to changing it so we can generate binary packages?

At least the version of the license in-tree is pretty bad, "do not use
for other purposes" is a *very* big no-go. As such, I am strongly
against any relaxation.

Joerg