Walter Landry <wlan...@caltech.edu> writes: > Ole Streicher <oleb...@debian.org> wrote: >> | Copyright 1992, The Regents of the University of California. This >> | software was produced under U.S. Government contract (W-7405-ENG-36) >> | by Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is operated by the University >> | of California for the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Government >> | is licensed to use, reproduce, and distribute this software. Neither >> | the Government nor the University makes any warranty, express or >> | implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility for the use of >> | this software. >> What are the experiences with this kind of copyright: are there any >> chances to make it free? > > Looking around the ftp site > http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp/ > there is a top level file "LICENSE" dated 2014 that looks like a > simple BSD license for Wayne Landsman.
As far as I understand the history of idlastro, Wayne collected parts of the lib from other sources, and I am afraid that he did not really take care of the individual license of each file he touched and included. Otherwise he probably would have changed the license statement to BSD. > Since Wayne is also listed as a contributor to eqpole_grid.pro, he > should be sympathetic to relicensing. A Google search for "Wayne > Landsman Astronomy" turns up a likely contact at GSFC. You should ask > Wayne directly. He would then contact the legal department at UC, > though that would involve some work on his end. I asked him, and I also found the (probable) original author and contacted him. > Also, are you planning on distributing > http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp/pro/misc/blkshift.pro > That and a few other files have a non-commercial use license. Yes, but they look much less formal -- One author made already parts of his software free (mpfit: under a non-standard ISC-alike license), and the other already responded that he will help me to get his sources free. The license above was just the one where I didn't know what to do best. Best regards Ole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/ytz7fqmk3dl....@news.ole.ath.cx
