[Previously sent to d-d] Hi!
I'd like to express my ITP for `nhc98', `hmake', `hat', `HOOD' (details below), but maybe someone (w/ more experience) can have a look at the license before... Is it DFSG-free? Can the packages go into main then? Thanks, Michael ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii nhc98 1.00.0-1 aNother Haskell Compiler ii nhc98-hat 1.00.0-1 a tracer for nhc98 ii hmake 2.00.000915-1 tool for automated compilation of Haskell programs ii hood 0.0.1-1 a browser for Haskell traces copyright follows: Upstream Author(s): Malcolm Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It was downloaded from http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/fp/nhc98/ Copyright: The majority of the source code of the nhc98 Haskell compiler is (c) copyright to Niklas Rojemo, 1991-1998. The majority of the hmake tool is (c) copyright to Thomas Hallgren, 1991-1997. (Code is incorporated from the earlier tools hbcmake and nhc13make.) Many modifications to hmake are (c) copyright to Malcolm Wallace, 1998-1999. The hmake interactive tool is (c) copyright to Malcolm Wallace, 2000. The hp2graph tool is (c) copyright to David Wakeling and Niklas Rojemo, 1991-1996. The Hat rtb (redex trail browser) tool is (c) copyright to Jan Sparud, 1996-1998, with modifications (c) copyright to Colin Runciman, 2000. The HOOD Observe library and graphical browser are (c) copyright to Andy Gill, 2000. The HOOD graphical browser incorporates open source Java components (c) copyright MicroStar Inc, 1999. (Please read their separate license.) Other parts of the nhc98 compiler, libraries, and system were contributed by Malcolm Wallace, Jan Sparud, David Wakeling, Colin Runciman, Phil Hassall, and Olaf Chitil, and are (c) copyright to them, their respective institutions, or funding bodies, 1996-2000. The development of nhc98 (and its predecessor nhc13) has been supported by NUTEK (Sweden), Canon Research Europe Ltd., EPSRC (UK), and the Universities of Chalmers (Sweden) and York (UK). LICENCE ------- It is the intention that this software be "freely available" in the Gnu (http://www.gnu.org/) and Open Source (http://www.opensource.org/) traditions. The following is a brief statement of the rights and restrictions attached to this software distribution. It is a preliminary licence; we may modify the terms and conditions at a later date. Any successor to this licence may, when published, be applied to this software as an alternative to the current terms, if you wish. If you are not sure about any of the terms of this licence, please contact us to discuss your requirements. (Primary contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) You may use, re-distribute, and modify this software, but you must not alter or remove these copyright notices. You may add your own additional copyright notices for any modifications to this software that you distribute. (Any modifications must be provided - at least - as source code, they must be described in the documentation, and you must clearly indicate that the software has been modified, for instance by changing the name of the executable or its version number, or by some other method.) You must not restrict anyone else's rights to use, re-distribute or modify this software. Distributions of standard or modified versions of this software must retain this licence (or its successor). In addition, you are explicitly granted the right to re-use parts of this software in the creation of new software, without having to place the new software under this or any other licence, provided that: . the new software does not have the same name as this software, but . you clearly acknowledge which code you have re-used from this software, . you retain the relevant copyright notices, and . you indicate to users where they can freely obtain a standard version of this software. Programs, object files, and intermediate files produced as output by this software do not fall under this copyright statement and are not governed by the terms of this licence. You are free to use them (or restrict their use) as you like. UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING, THIS SOFTWARE IS SUPPLIED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER THE AUTHORS, COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, NOR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO REDISTRIBUTES THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES, HOWSOEVER CAUSED, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. -- () ASCII ribbon campaign | Chair for Computer Science II | GPG: F65C68CD /\ against HTML mail | RWTH Aachen, Germany | PGP: 1D0DD0B9 Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
