Re: Doubt about a government license
"Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez" <muammarelkhatib@gmail.com> writes:
> I was thinking of doing an ITP of a program which is called mpich2.
> But I am not sure about the license which mpich2 is under with. [0]
>
> I'd be glad if you can help me. What do you think about the licence?
> Could be this software included in Debian?
It's customary on this list to include the license text itself for
future reference in the discussion, and so it appears in the
archives. I've done so in this message.
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COPYRIGHT
The following is a notice of limited availability of the code, and
disclaimer which must be included in the prologue of the code and in
all source listings of the code.
Copyright Notice + 2002 University of Chicago
Permission is hereby granted to use, reproduce, prepare derivative
works, and to redistribute to others. This software was authored by:
Argonne National Laboratory Group
W. Gropp: (630) 252-4318; FAX: (630) 252-5986; e-mail: gropp@mcs.anl.gov
E. Lusk: (630) 252-7852; FAX: (630) 252-5986; e-mail: lusk@mcs.anl.gov
Mathematics and Computer Science Division Argonne National Laboratory,
Argonne IL 60439
GOVERNMENT LICENSE
Portions of this material resulted from work developed under a
U.S. Government Contract and are subject to the following license: the
Government is granted for itself and others acting on its behalf a
paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide license in this computer
software to reproduce, prepare derivative works, and perform publicly
and display publicly.
DISCLAIMER
This computer code material was prepared, in part, as an account of
work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither
the United States, nor the University of Chicago, nor any of their
employees, makes any warranty express or implied, or assumes any legal
liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or
usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process
disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately
owned rights.
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The text says a few different things, but the grant of license seems
to be exactly this:
"Permission is hereby granted to use, reproduce, prepare derivative
works, and to redistribute to others."
There are no conditions attached, and that seems to grant every
freedom required for inclusion in Debian. Seems free to me.
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Ben Finney
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