Lisence and section
Dear Debian Mentors,
I'm planning to make a ROOT (http://root.cern.ch) Debian GNU/Linux
package, but I'm not quite sure what thier Lisence entails, as far as
the Debian system is concerned. I've included the lisence below. The
lines that I'm concerned about are:
Additionally, the authors grant permission to modify this
software and its documentation for any purpose, provided that
such modifications are not distributed without the explicit
consent of the authors ...
Does this mean that the package should go into "non-free"?
I've asked the ROOT team how they felt about a Debian package
(spcefically the redistribution via debian.org), and here is what Fons
Rademakers answered:
Concerning redistribution via debian.org, if our current
license is good (open) enough for them it is fine with
us. However, for the time being we want to retain the line:
".... provided that such modifications are not distributed
without the explicit consent of the authors ..." in our
current license. /.../ Anyway, if you decide to go ahead it
would be nice if you will follow our release schedule /...
I take this to mean that if the Debian Orginization finds the below
lisence ok, then the ROOT team won't object.
Thanks for your help. Please notice that I'm not on the
"debian-mentors" mailing list (I've never made an official Debian
package before), so if you could please send a possible answer to me
too (cholm@nbi.dk) - thanks.
Christian
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### Start of ROOT Lisence ################################
ROOT Software Terms and Conditions
The authors hereby grant permission to use, copy, and distribute 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. Additionally, the authors grant
permission to modify this software and its documentation for any purpose,
provided that such modifications are not distributed without the explicit
consent of the authors and that existing copyright notices are retained in
all copies. Users of the software are asked to feed back problems, benefits,
and/or suggestions about the software to the ROOT Development Team
(rootdev@root.cern.ch). Support for this software - fixing of bugs,
incorporation of new features - is done on a best effort basis. All bug
fixes and enhancements will be made available under the same terms and
conditions as the original software,
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR DISTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR
DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT
OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, ITS DOCUMENTATION, OR ANY DERIVATIVES THEREOF,
EVEN IF THE AUTHORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THIS SOFTWARE IS
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS HAVE NO
OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR
MODIFICATIONS.
### End of ROOT Lisence ##################################
### About ROOT (from the web page): ######################
The ROOT system provides a set of OO frameworks with all the
functionality needed to handle and analyse large amounts of data in a
very efficient way. Having the data defined as a set of objects,
specialised storage methods are used to get direct access to the
separate attributes of the selected objects, without having to touch
the bulk of the data. Included are histograming methods in 1, 2 and 3
dimensions, curve fitting, function evaluation, minimisation, graphics
and visualization classes to allow the easy setup of an analysis
system that can query and process the data interactively or in batch
mode.
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