From: Will Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: ns network simulator licenses Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:47:46 +0100
> On Monday 30 July 2001 6:33 pm, you wrote: > > > > > * Copyright (c) 2000, Nortel Networks. > > > > * All rights reserved. > > > > * > > > > * License is granted to copy, to use, to make and to use derivative > > > > * works for research and evaluation purposes. > > > > * > > > > * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR > > > > * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED > > > > * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > > > > * > > > > This only allows copying etc. for research and evaluation purposes. > > These restrictions put it into non-free. > > I've just grepped the source, and the only reference I can find to Nortel is > the diffserv module which is licensed as below. > > Looks like another old style BSD license, so maybe the ns maintainers forgot > to update the COPYRIGHT file. In that case, you have to clarify this with the maintainers. You also need to clarify the USC/ISI license noted by Steve Greenland. If you can do that, there should be no problem with it going into main. Regards, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
