On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Gerber van der Graaf wrote: > I am building debian packages of FreeFOAM and come across the following > license statement in > ./applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/ensightFoamReader/global_extern.h: > * Copyright 1998 Computational Engineering International, Inc. > * All Rights Reserved.
This is the important bit, All Rights Reserved generally means non-free, non-distributable. Please inform upstream and get them to replace it. > * Restricted Rights Legend > * > * Use, duplication, or disclosure of this > * software and its documentation by the > * Government is subject to restrictions as > * set forth in subdivision [(b)(3)(ii)] of > * the Rights in Technical Data and Computer > * Software clause at 52.227-7013. Based on some Googling this second bit refers to the USA's Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (or DFARS) which is part of the DoD's internal regulations. I guess it is just stating facts and isn't that relevant. > Can anybody tell me what this statement means? Is it legal to copy it > and to include it in the package, or should it be removed? See above, no, yes. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-science-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKTje6F-vmcuddisuKZPdC4pXd_X29Lh=rAnUR3=hzhqsmw...@mail.gmail.com