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Re: Copyright question



On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 05:46:31PM +0100, Stefan Potyra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Am Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2008 16:30 schrieb Jean Parpaillon:
> > Hi,
> > I intend to package HPL benchmarks. Copyright file contains the
> > following statements:
> > ----------------------
> >  1. Redistributions  of  source  code  must retain the above copyright
> >  notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
> >
> >  2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce  the above copyright
> >  notice, this list of conditions,  and the following disclaimer in the
> >  documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
> >
> >  3. All  advertising  materials  mentioning  features  or  use of this
> >  software must display the following acknowledgement:
> >  This  product  includes  software  developed  at  the  University  of
> >  Tennessee, Knoxville, Innovative Computing Laboratories.
> >
> >  4. The name of the  University,  the name of the  Laboratory,  or the
> >  names  of  its  contributors  may  not  be used to endorse or promote
> >  products  derived   from   this  software  without  specific  written
> >  permission.
> > --------------------
> >
> > I've read DFSG and I'm not sure if items 3 and 4 are problematic. Can
> > someone help me ? If it's not ok, may it be in contrib ?
> 
> IANAL, but this license doesn't seem to allow modification, does it?

Good point.  Which brings us to the next point: this is really a
question for -legal.  I'm sending it there with this mail. :-)

Thanks,
Bas

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