Spice copyright
I finally got an answer from UCB about Spice's copyright.
Enclosed is my correspondence with the UCB people.
They say that spice's copyright is described at:
http://hera.eecs.berkeley.edu/~software/software.agree.html
Which says:
<QUOTE>
RESEARCH SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
(revised October 1994)
This form must be signed and enclosed with your order of any
software
or documentation.
This form specifies the terms under which the software and
documentation referenced in this booklet are provided. Some
specified
software and documentation are subject to special licensing terms
which are described within. Those terms are incorporated into this
agreement.
Software is distributed as is, completely without warranty or
service
support. The University of California and its employees are not
liable
for the condition or performance of the software.
The University owns the copyright in and all other proprietary
rights
to all software and documentation provided under this agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the University does not warrant
that it
owns such copyright or other proprietary rights. The University
shall
not be liable for any infringement of copyright or other
proprietary
rights brought by third parties against the licensee of the
software
and documentation provided under this agreement.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED
WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE UNIVERSITY IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES
INCURRED BY THE LICENSEE IN USE OF THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION,
INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES.
The University of California grants the licensee the right to
modify,
copy, and redistribute the software and documentation, both within
the
licensee's organization and externally, subject to the following
restrictions:
1. The licensee agrees not to charge for the University of
California
code itself. The licensee may, however, charge for additions,
extensions, or support.
2. In any product based on the software, the licensee agrees to
acknowledge the research group that developed the software.
This
acknowledgment shall appear in the product documentation.
3. The licensee agrees to obey all U.S. Government res- trictions
governing redistribution or export of the software and
documentation.
4. For software with additional restrictions, the licensee agrees
to
all additional terms governing distribution of that software.
5. The licensee agree to reproduce any copyright notice which
appears
on the software and documentation provided under this
agreement on
any copy or modification of such made available to others by
licensee.
</QUOTE>
It then seems to me that spice can be packaged in Debian main
distribution.
What do others think ?
Phil.
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To: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
From: cblock@hera.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Carol Block/ILP Coordinator)
Subject: Re: Spice 3f4
I am sorry, however this was the first email I have received from you.
Licensing Information for all of our software can be found at:
http://hera.eecs.berkeley.edu/~software/software.agree.html
That should address all of your concerns.
Carol
>As of today, I did not get any answer from Carol Block.
>Carol, can you help ?
>
>Thank you for your time.
>
>Philippe Troin.
>
>
>On Mon, 28 Jul 1997 09:32:33 PDT William A. Hoskins
>(bhoskins@uclink2.berkeley.edu) wrote:
>
>> The distribution for the referenced software from the Berkeley
campus is
>> managed by Carol Block, Coordinator-Industrial Liaison Program.
By copy of
>> this e-mail, I have advised her of your request.
>>
>> Bill Hoskins
>>
>>
>>
>> >Hi.
>> >
>> >I'm a volunteer in the Debian GNU/Linux developpers group.
>> >Our goal is to provide a free distribution of the Linux operating
>> >System.
>> >I'd like to package spice 3f4 for Debian GNU/Linux. However, the
tar
>> >file as found on ftp://ic.eecs.berkeley.edu/pub/Spice3/sp3f4.kit.t
ar.Z
>> > doesn't contain any licensing information (as far as I know).
>> >
>> >Could you please give me the licensing terms for spice 3f4 ?
>> >
>> >Thank you.
>> >Best regards,
>> >
>> >Philippe Troin.
>>
>> William A. Hoskins, Director
>> Office of Technology Licensing
>> University of California
>> 2150 Shattuck Ave., Suite 510
>> Berkeley, CA 94720-1620
>> Phone: (510) 643-7201
>> Fax: (510) 642-4566
>> http://violet.berkeley.edu:4222
>>
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