Name restriction and forced acknowledgement OK?
Dear list members,
I intent to package the ANSI C library of IAU-SOFA
<http://bugs.debian.org/659639>, which has a non-usual (?) license
agreement <http://www.iausofa.org/tandc.html>.
Especially, I worry about two points:
1. Not allowed to use the original names in changed code:
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3. You [...] may [...] adapt its code [...] That portion of your
distribution that does not consist of intact and unchanged copies of
SOFA source code files is a "derived work" that must comply with the
following requirements:
[...]
c. The name(s) of all routine(s) in your derived work shall not
include the prefix "iau".
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2. Forced acknowledgement:
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4. In any published work or commercial products which includes results
achieved by using the SOFA software, you shall acknowledge that the
SOFA software was used in obtaining those results.
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Are these conditions acceptable to meet the DFSG? Following them in
<http://www.debian.org/social_contract>, I couldn't find a statement
against it; I just want to be sure.
Best regards
Ole
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