"Muammar Wadih El Khatib Rodriguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi *, > > > I was thinking of doing an ITP of a program which is called mpich2. > But I am not sure about the license which mpich2 is under with. [0] > > I'd be glad if you can help me. What do you think about the licence? > Could be this software included in Debian? > > I will appreciate any help and points of view you can have on this.
I have reproduced the license below. It is fine for Debian main. Because the US government paid for the software, they get a separate license, which just happens to be the same license as what everyone else gets. Cheers, Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------- COPYRIGHT The following is a notice of limited availability of the code, and disclaimer which must be included in the prologue of the code and in all source listings of the code. Copyright Notice + 2002 University of Chicago Permission is hereby granted to use, reproduce, prepare derivative works, and to redistribute to others. This software was authored by: Argonne National Laboratory Group W. Gropp: (630) 252-4318; FAX: (630) 252-5986; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E. Lusk: (630) 252-7852; FAX: (630) 252-5986; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mathematics and Computer Science Division Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne IL 60439 GOVERNMENT LICENSE Portions of this material 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. DISCLAIMER This computer code material was prepared, in part, as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States, nor the University of Chicago, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
