Re: meaning license statement
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Gerber van der Graaf wrote:
> I am building debian packages of FreeFOAM and come across the following
> license statement in
> ./applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/ensightFoamReader/global_extern.h:
> * Copyright 1998 Computational Engineering International, Inc.
> * All Rights Reserved.
This is the important bit, All Rights Reserved generally means
non-free, non-distributable. Please inform upstream and get them to
replace it.
> * Restricted Rights Legend
> *
> * Use, duplication, or disclosure of this
> * software and its documentation by the
> * Government is subject to restrictions as
> * set forth in subdivision [(b)(3)(ii)] of
> * the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
> * Software clause at 52.227-7013.
Based on some Googling this second bit refers to the USA's Defense
Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (or DFARS) which is part of
the DoD's internal regulations. I guess it is just stating facts and
isn't that relevant.
> Can anybody tell me what this statement means? Is it legal to copy it
> and to include it in the package, or should it be removed?
See above, no, yes.
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bye,
pabs
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