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* Package name : nwchem Version : 6.0 Upstream Author : NWChem Core Developer Team * URL : http://www.nwchem-sw.org * License : ECL 2.0 Programming Lang: Fortran, Python Description : High-Performance Computational Chemistry Software NWChem is one of the state-of-the-art computational chemistry codes, with a focus on parallel computing and large systems. It is maintained by the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Version 6.0 got recently released under the OSI-approved ECL (Educational Community License), Version 2.0, see http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php. This is a major donation to the scientific FLOSS community, for more information, see http://www.emsl.pnl.gov/news/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=142 As I am not aware whether there is any prior ECL-licensed package in Debian, here is some information on it. Quoting OSI: "The Educational Community License version 2.0 ("ECL") consists of the Apache 2.0 license, modified to change the scope of the patent grant in section 3 to be specific to the needs of the education communities using this license." This is section 3, the first part is identical to the Apache 2.0 license: "3. Grant of Patent License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable (except as stated in this section) patent license to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Work, where such license applies only to those patent claims licensable by such Contributor that are necessarily infringed by their Contribution(s) alone or by combination of their Contribution(s) with the Work to which such Contribution(s) was submitted. If You institute patent litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Work or a Contribution incorporated within the Work constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses granted to You under this License for that Work shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed." This is the added part on top of Apache 2.0's license section 3: "Any patent license granted hereby with respect to contributions by an individual employed by an institution or organization is limited to patent claims where the individual that is the author of the Work is also the inventor of the patent claims licensed, and where the organization or institution has the right to grant such license under applicable grant and research funding agreements. No other express or implied licenses are granted." Cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101001131559.ga3...@nighthawk.chemicalconnection.dyndns.org
