Dear debian-legal readers, upstream provides the following custom license in their software that I'd like to see in Debian:
AUTHORIZATION TO USE AND DISTRIBUTE
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that:
(1) source code distributions retain this paragraph in its entirety,
(2) distributions including binary code include this paragraph in
its entirety in the documentation or other materials provided
with the distribution, and
(3) all advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
software display the following acknowledgment:
"This product includes software written and developed
by Code 5520 of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)."
The name of NRL, the name(s) of NRL employee(s), or any entity
of the United States Government may not be used to endorse or
promote products derived from this software, nor does the
inclusion of the NRL written and developed software directly or
indirectly suggest NRL or United States Government endorsement
of this product.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Especially (3) could be problematic?
My debian package can be found at http://mentors.debian.net/package/mgen.
Thanks for helping me out!
Raoul
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