Hello, I ran into a data-file which is a "CDF V2 Document, No summary info", according to /usr/bin/file. To my surprise there seems to be nothing in Debian which supports this format. The canonical CDF library appears to live at http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/ and has a license ( http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/CDF_copyright.html ) which in its entirety reads:
-*- CDF Copyright Copyright 2010 Space Physics Data Facility NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center This software may be copied or redistributed as long as it is not sold for profit, but it can be incorporated into any other substantive product with or without modifications for profit or non-profit. If the software is modified, it must include the following notices: * The software is not the original (for protection of the original author's reputations from any problems introduced by others) * Change history (e.g. date, functionality, etc.) This copyright notice must be reproduced on each copy made. This software is provided as is without any express or implied warranties whatsoever. -*- There has been some queries on the freeness of CDF before on debian-legal (see http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/1999/06/msg00052.html and http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/08/msg00099.html ) but as far as I know, CDF has never been uploaded to Debian. The conclusion I draw from the threads above is that the license above is DFSG-free. Are there any other opinions? Best, Teemu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimmxdpkajrpxloj1nb9hny5hud=troiwxwxm...@mail.gmail.com