Re: ns network simulator licenses
From: Will Newton <will@misconception.org.uk>
Subject: Re: ns network simulator licenses
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:47:46 +0100
> On Monday 30 July 2001 6:33 pm, you wrote:
>
> > > > * 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.
> > > > *
> >
> > This only allows copying etc. for research and evaluation purposes.
> > These restrictions put it into non-free.
>
> I've just grepped the source, and the only reference I can find to Nortel is
> the diffserv module which is licensed as below.
>
> Looks like another old style BSD license, so maybe the ns maintainers forgot
> to update the COPYRIGHT file.
In that case, you have to clarify this with the maintainers. You also
need to clarify the USC/ISI license noted by Steve Greenland. If you
can do that, there should be no problem with it going into main.
Regards,
Walter Landry
landry@physics.utah.edu
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