&Tgr;&eegr;&ngr; &Kgr;&ugr;&rgr;, 2002-01-20 &sgr;&tgr;&igr;&sfgr; 15:13, &ogr;/&eegr; Markus Kuhn &eacgr;&ggr;&rgr;&agr;&psgr;&egr;:
> Alexander Gelfenbain wrote on 2002-01-17 19:59 UTC:
> > I can confirm that the license ST will be released with is "BSD+" which is
> > standard BSD with the following clause:
> >
> >   * You acknowledge that this software is not designed, licensed or indended
> >   * for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any
> >   * nuclear facility.
> 
> Just curious: Was this a legal or political requirement?
> 
> I'm not sure, high energy physics on the other side of the street from
> here will in practice be aware of such a strange restriction, once they
> get this package via the next SuSE or Solaris update on their office
> machines. They are in the profession of doing rather cruel things to
> atomic nuclei and design and run facilities to do so.

:)

Instead of explicit describing "...of any nuclear facility", I have seen
it as "..in any safety-critical application" which is more general and
looks safer from a legal standpoint.

simos
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