[Fedora-legal-list] CMSVLIB

2009-05-07 Thread Orion Poplawski
I'm trying to figure out if we can include this in Fedora. Web site is: http://cow.physics.wisc.edu/~craigm/idl/idl.html For the most part it seems like the code is Copyright Only: ; Copyright (C) 1999-2000,2006 Craig Markwardt ; This software is provided as is without any warranty whatsoever.

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] CMSVLIB

2009-05-07 Thread Tom spot Callaway
On 05/07/2009 12:21 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote: Tom spot Callaway wrote: On 05/07/2009 11:06 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote: The tricky part is the code that reads and writes IDL save files. IDL is proprietary software from (currently) ITT (previously Research Systems Inc). There is a LICENSE.RSI

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] CMSVLIB

2009-05-07 Thread Tom spot Callaway
On 05/07/2009 04:42 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote: Tom spot Callaway wrote: It does not say that you cannot modify the code, but it never says that you _CAN_. Modification is not an automatically granted right under copyright, they have to explicitly grant it. ~spot But the copyright notice