Re: ns network simulator licenses
It's 2 iterations of the 4 clause BSDL and a few complete disclaimers of
rights. Go get yourself a rubber stamp.
On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Will Newton wrote:
>
>I just built a package of the ns network simulator which has the following
>file distributed with it. Is it free? Is it non-free? Can anyone help me
>understand this?
>
>
>The source files in NS variously include the following copyrights (with the
>years varying):
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * Copyright (c) 1991-1997 Regents of the University of California.
> * All rights reserved.
> *
> * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
> * are met:
> * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
> * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
> * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
> * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
> * must display the following acknowledgement:
> * This product includes software developed by the Computer Systems
> * Engineering Group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
> * 4. Neither the name of the University nor of the Laboratory may be used
> * to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
> * specific prior written permission.
> *
> * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
> * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
> * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
> * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
> * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
> * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
> * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
> * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
> * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
> * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
> * SUCH DAMAGE.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * Copyright (c) 1999 International Computer Science Institute
> * All rights reserved.
> *
> * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
> * are met:
> * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
> * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
> * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
> * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
> * must display the following acknowledgement:
> * This product includes software developed by ACIRI, the AT&T
> * Center for Internet Research at ICSI (the International Computer
> * Science Institute).
> * 4. Neither the name of ACIRI nor of ICSI may be used
> * to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
> * specific prior written permission.
> *
> * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ICSI AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
> * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
> * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
> * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL ICSI OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
> * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
> * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
> * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
> * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
> * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
> * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
> * SUCH DAMAGE.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * Copyright (C) 1999 by USC/ISI
> * All rights reserved.
> *
> * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
> * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
> * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation, advertising
> * materials, and other materials related to such distribution and use
> * acknowledge that the software was developed by the University of
> * Southern California, Information Sciences Institute. The name of the
> * University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from
> * this software without specific prior written permission.
> *
> * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
> * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
> * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>// Copyright (c) 2000 by the University of Southern California
>// All rights reserved.
>//
>// Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
>// documentation in source and binary forms for non-commercial purposes
>// and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
>// notice appear in all copies and that both the copyright notice and
>// this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. and that
>// any documentation, advertising materials, and other materials related
>// to such distribution and use acknowledge that the software was
>// developed by the University of Southern California, Information
>// Sciences Institute. The name of the University may not be used to
>// endorse or promote products derived from this software without
>// specific prior written permission.
>//
>// THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA makes no representations about
>// the suitability of this software for any purpose. THIS SOFTWARE IS
>// PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
>// INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
>// MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>//
>// Other copyrights might apply to parts of this software and are so
>// noted when applicable.
>
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * Copyright (c) Xerox Corporation 1997. All rights reserved.
> *
> * License is granted to copy, to use, and to make and to use derivative
> * works for research and evaluation purposes, provided that Xerox is
> * acknowledged in all documentation pertaining to any such copy or
> * derivative work. Xerox grants no other licenses expressed or
> * implied. The Xerox trade name should not be used in any advertising
> * without its written permission.
> *
> * XEROX CORPORATION MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS CONCERNING EITHER THE
> * MERCHANTABILITY OF THIS SOFTWARE OR THE SUITABILITY OF THIS SOFTWARE
> * FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The software is provided "as is" without
> * express or implied warranty of any kind.
> *
> * These notices must be retained in any copies of any part of this
> * software.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * Copyright (c) Sun Microsystems, Inc. 1998 All rights reserved.
> *
> * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
> * are met:
> *
> * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
> *
> * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
> * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
> *
> * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
> * must display the following acknowledgement:
> * This product includes software developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> *
> * 4. The name of the Sun Microsystems, Inc nor may not be used to endorse or
> * promote products derived from this software without specific prior
> * written permission.
> *
> * SUN MICROSYSTEMS MERCHANTABILITY OF THIS SOFTWARE OR THE SUITABILITY OF
>THIS
> * SOFTWARE FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. The software is provided "as is"
> * without express or implied warranty of any kind.
> *
> * These notices must be retained in any copies of any part of this software.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Carnegie Mellon University. All Rights
>Reserved.
>
>Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
>software and its documentation is hereby granted (including for
>commercial or for-profit use), provided that both the copyright notice
>and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software,
>derivative works, or modified versions, and any portions thereof, and
>that both notices appear in supporting documentation, and that credit
>is given to Carnegie Mellon University in all publications reporting
>on direct or indirect use of this code or its derivatives.
>
>ALL CODE, SOFTWARE, PROTOCOLS, AND ARCHITECTURES DEVELOPED BY THE CMU
>MONARCH PROJECT ARE EXPERIMENTAL AND ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BUGS, SOME OF
>WHICH MAY HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. CARNEGIE MELLON PROVIDES THIS
>SOFTWARE OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN ITS ``AS IS'' CONDITION,
>AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
>THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
>PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
>BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
>CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
>SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
>BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
>WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
>OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE OR
>INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
>DAMAGE.
>
>Carnegie Mellon encourages (but does not require) users of this
>software or intellectual property to return any improvements or
>extensions that they make, and to grant Carnegie Mellon the rights to
>redistribute these changes without encumbrance.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * tclAppInit.c --
> *
> * Provides a default version of the main program and Tcl_AppInit
> * procedure for Tcl applications (without Tk).
> *
> * Copyright (C) 2000 USC/ISI
> * Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
> * Copyright (c) 1994-1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> *
> * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
> * of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
>
>The "license.terms" file can be found in the tcl distribution.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> * Copyright (c) 2000, Nortel Networks.
> * All rights reserved.
> *
> * License is granted to copy, to use, to make and to use derivative
> * works for research and evaluation purposes.
> *
> * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
> * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
> * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> *
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>To find copyright types:
>grep Copyright *.{cc,h} \
> | awk '{print $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9, $10, $11, $12;}' \
> | sed -e 's/199./XXXX/g' -e 's/200./XXXX/g' t | sort | uniq
>
>
>
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