severity 388691 serious thanks Yes, this is the *whole* GTRC license statement: } Copyright ? 1989 by Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA } 30332. } All Rights Reserved. GTRC hereby grants public use of this } software. Derivative works based on this software must incorporate } this copyright notice.
Other problematic code appears to have been removed or relicensed: the *only* problematic license left is the Georgia Tech Research Corporation license. GTRC has not been willing to change their license: see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=321178 Their license is stupid, because it doesn't explicitly permit modification or distribution, and we require those permissions: if they aren't granted, they are prohibited, by law. However, it says "Derivative works based on this software must incorporate this copyright notice." This seems to be an implicit grant of permission to modify (create derivative works), because otherwise this line would be pure, meaningless surplusage. There also *might* be an implicit grant of permission to distribute modified works, but it's very very unclear. I would not feel comfortable distributing this without getting clarification from GTRC. I advise asking the following questions: (1) Under this license, can I make a modified version of this code? (2) Under this license, can I redistribute that modified version to other people? (3) Under this license, can I sell a CD which includes a copy of that modified version? If you get "YES" answers to all three, then you're fine. If not, obviously you're not. To save you some time, I sent an email asking exactly those questions to the contact address I found. I'll tell you if I get a reply. I certainly hope the answers are "yes". -- Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A thousand reasons. http://www.thousandreasons.org/ Lies, theft, war, kidnapping, torture, rape, murder... Get me out of this fascist nightmare!
