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Re: Bug#335185: ITP: newmat -- manipulate matrices using standard operations



On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 03:17:37PM +0200, Willi Mann wrote:
> I disagree. Where does the author say that you may modify it? I don't 
> think the term
> 
> > You can use it in your commercial projects.
> 
> can be interpreted as "you are allowed to distribute modifications". It 
> might be his intention, but it's not written down.

quoting the license text i read:

>There are no restrictions on the use of newmat except that I take no
>liability for any problems that may arise from this use.
>
>I welcome its distribution as part of low cost CD-ROM collections.
>
>You can use it in your commercial projects. However, if you
>distribute the source, please make it clear which parts are mine and that
>they are available essentially for free over the Internet.

i felt that "no restrictions on the use", plus "if you distribute
the source, please make it clear which parts are mine" was enough to
imply that "use" was meant to include "modification".  perhaps having
that spelled out explicitly would be better after all.


	sean


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