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Re: antennavis -- antenna visualization software (please advise on togl license)



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On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 10:16:53AM +0100, Joop Stakenborg wrote:
> The antennavis source includes a copy of togl.c and togl.h, which are
> both part of the Togl library, an OpenGL TK widget hosted on
> sourceforge. Here is the full Togl license. Any advise on whether this
> is DFSG free? Looks okay to me....
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> This software is copyrighted by Brian Paul (brianp@elastic.avid.com)
> and Benjamin Bederson (bederson@cs.unm.edu).  The following terms apply
> to all files associated with the software unless explicitly disclaimed
> in individual files.
> 
> The authors hereby grant permission to use, copy, modify, distribute,
> and license this software and its documentation for any purpose,
> provided that existing copyright notices are retained in all copies and
> that this notice is included verbatim in any distributions. No written
> agreement, license, or royalty fee is required for any of the authorized
> uses. Modifications to this software may be copyrighted by their authors
> and need not follow the licensing terms described here, provided that
> the new terms are clearly indicated on the first page of each file where
> they apply.

[Bog stock DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY stuff]

Looks, smells and tastes very much like the MIT licence, with the added
spice of making it explicit that you can go wild with the licence on your
own modifications and the "no licence required" stuff.

All seems DFSG free to me.

- Matt

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