Carlo Segre wrote: > It seems to me that the EPICS Open License is DFSG Compliant. The only > difference from a BSD-type license is that the U.S. Govenment has a > nonexlusive irrevocable license and that any changes to the source must > contain a statement of such changes having been made.
I agree with your assessment; this license appears to be DFSG-free. > I include the text of the license below. Full quote of license text retained for context. - Josh Triplett > ---------------------------------------------- > > EPICS Open License Terms > > The following is the text of the EPICS Open software license agreement > which now applies to EPICS Base and many of the unbundled EPICS > extensions and support modules. > > Copyright (c) University of Chicago and other copyright holders. All > rights reserved. > > PRODUCT is distributed subject to the following license conditions: > > SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT > > Software: <PRODUCT> > > 1. The "Software", below, refers to <PRODUCT> (in either source code, or > binary form and accompanying documentation). Each licensee is addressed > as "you" or "Licensee". > > 2. The copyright holders shown above and their third-party licensors > hereby grant Licensee a royalty-free nonexclusive license, subject to > the limitations stated herein and U.S. Government license rights. > > 3. You may modify and make a copy or copies of the Software for use > within your organization, if you meet the following conditions: > > a. Copies in source code must include the copyright notice and this > Software License Agreement. > > b. Copies in binary form must include the copyright notice and this > Software License Agreement in the documentation and/or other > materials provided with the copy. > > 4. You may modify a copy or copies of the Software or any portion of it, > thus forming a work based on the Software, and distribute copies of such > work outside your organization, if you meet all of the following > conditions: > > a. Copies in source code must include the copyright notice and this > Software License Agreement; > > b. Copies in binary form must include the copyright notice and this > Software License Agreement in the documentation and/or other > materials provided with the copy; > > c. Modified copies and works based on the Software must carry > prominent notices stating that you changed specified portions of the > Software. > > 5. Portions of the Software resulted from work developed under a U.S. > Government contract and are subject to the following license: the > Government is granted for itself and others acting on its behalf a > paid-up, nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide license in this computer > software to reproduce, prepare derivative works, and perform publicly > and display publicly. > > 6. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. THE SOFTWARE IS SUPPLIED "AS IS" WITHOUT > WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, THEIR THIRD PARTY > LICENSORS, THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, > AND THEIR EMPLOYEES: (1) DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, > INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, > FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, (2) DO NOT > ASSUME ANY LEGAL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, > COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF THE SOFTWARE, (3) DO NOT REPRESENT THAT > USE OF THE SOFTWARE WOULD NOT INFRINGE PRIVATELY OWNED RIGHTS, (4) DO > NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL FUNCTION UNINTERRUPTED, THAT IT IS > ERROR-FREE OR THAT ANY ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED. > > 7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT WILL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, > THEIR THIRD PARTY LICENSORS, THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES > DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, OR THEIR EMPLOYEES: BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, > INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR > NATURE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF PROFITS OR LOSS OF DATA, > FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER, WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS ASSERTED ON THE > BASIS OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY), OR > OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ANY OF SAID PARTIES HAS BEEN WARNED OF THE > POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGES. > > >
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