Le 03/08/2018 à 11:44, Sébastien Villemot a écrit : > Dear fellow developers, > > I would like to package X13-ARIMA-SEATS¹, which is software developed > at the U.S. Department of Commerce. As such, it is not copyrighted in > the U.S., and rights to use, redistribute and modify are explicitly > granted outside the U.S. > > However, the last clause of the licence says that the “user agrees to > make a good faith effort to use the Software in a way that does not > cause damage, harm, or embarrassment to the United States/Commerce.” > This may be seen as a restriction on use (and therefore contrary to > DFSG§6), though it is unclear to me whether this is a significant- > enough restriction to make it non-free, and whether it is really > enforceable. > > Do you think that this license is DFSG-compatible? > > Thanks in advance for your insights, > > ¹ https://www.census.gov/srd/www/x13as/ Hello, the next sentence in the same paragraph says "The United States/Commerce expressly reserve all rights and remedies", so it could means that "good faith effort" is a real constraint, not just a wish My 2 cents…
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