[License-review] Chroma license / United States Government Contract
Hi,
I'm using the Chroma software for lattice QCD simulations [1]. In the
past I downloaded the source code from git (e.g. [2]) and compiled the
binaries on my machine, but I think it would be nice to have a Debian
package for it.
The paper about chroma [3] states that "Chroma is an open source C++
based software system".
The license distributed through git is the file COPYING (attached).
Not being a lawyer I don't feel competent to judge, whether this license
is DFSG-free or not, so I'm asking for your opinion.
Furthermore, the webpage [1] has a section about 'Must Cite Papers'. I'm
not sure if that is not DFSG-free, or even legally binding, since this
is not distributed with the source.
Please let me know your thoughts about this.
Best regards,
Andreas
1: http://usqcd.jlab.org/usqcd-docs/chroma/
2: git://git.jlab.org/pub/lattice/usqcd/chroma.git
3: http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-lat/0409003v1
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