"Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I was thinking of doing an ITP of a program which is called mpich2. > But I am not sure about the license which mpich2 is under with. [0] > > I'd be glad if you can help me. What do you think about the licence? > Could be this software included in Debian? It's customary on this list to include the license text itself for future reference in the discussion, and so it appears in the archives. I've done so in this message. ===== COPYRIGHT The following is a notice of limited availability of the code, and disclaimer which must be included in the prologue of the code and in all source listings of the code. Copyright Notice + 2002 University of Chicago Permission is hereby granted to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works, and to redistribute to others. This software was authored by: Argonne National Laboratory Group W. Gropp: (630) 252-4318; FAX: (630) 252-5986; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E. Lusk: (630) 252-7852; FAX: (630) 252-5986; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mathematics and Computer Science Division Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne IL 60439 GOVERNMENT LICENSE Portions of this material resulted from work developed under a U.S. Government Contract and are subject to the following license: the Government is granted for itself and others acting on its behalf a paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide license in this computer software to reproduce, prepare derivative works, and perform publicly and display publicly. DISCLAIMER This computer code material was prepared, in part, as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States, nor the University of Chicago, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. ===== The text says a few different things, but the grant of license seems to be exactly this: "Permission is hereby granted to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works, and to redistribute to others." There are no conditions attached, and that seems to grant every freedom required for inclusion in Debian. Seems free to me. -- \ "I think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate | `\ revolver. And since he's so busy, you'd probably have to run up | _o__) to him real quick and hand it to him." -- Jack Handey | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
