Bug#625908: Please whitelist libmath-random-perl for non-free autobuilding

[see also bug#625908, cc-ed]

Please can you add libmath-random-perl to the whitelist for non-free
autobuilding. According to debian/copyright, the reason for it being
non-free is due to restrictions that prevent copying/distribution for
"direct commercial advantage". As far as I can see, this does not prevent
the module from being auto-built.

The copyright already states that the package is auto-buildable. I will add
the XS-AutoBuild field to the control file in our svn repo (to be included
in the next upload) if I receive an ACK from you.

The full copyright for the non-free portions of the package, for reference:


Files: randlib.c, com.c, randlib.h
Copyright: © Association for Computing Machinery
License: ACM
Submittal of an algorithm for publication in one of the ACM Transactions
implies that unrestricted use of the algorithm within a computer is
permissible. General permission to copy and distribute the algorithm
without fee is granted provided that the copies are not made or
distributed for direct commercial advantage. The ACM copyright notice
and the title of the publication and its date appear, and notice is
given that copying is by permission of the Association for Computing
Machinery. To copy otherwise, or to republish, requires a fee and/or
specific permission.
.
Krogh, F. "Algorithms Policy." ACM Tran. Math. Softw. 13
(1987), 183-186.
.
Note, however, that only the particular expression of an algorithm
can be copyrighted, not the algorithm per se; see 17 USC 102(b).
.
The authors of Math::Random placed the Randlib code that we have written in
the public domain.



Many thanks,
Chris Butler <chrisb@debian.org>
On behalf of the Debian Perl Group
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