Is this a free license?
License follows:
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End of license.
Discussion:
1) it appears not to allow modification of the file. The only
operation permitted is "extraction".
2) while "extraction" is permitted, no explicit right to redistribute
the extracted (derived) information is granted.
Note: I have no interest in whether DSFG compatible programs can be
created using this data. Clearly, they can. Is a file under this
license, or a file mechanically derived from such a file DSFG free?
Jim Penny
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