> It looks like it is just making explicit the restrictions which already exist > in law (whatever those might be), and is not part of the license per se.
That seems to be the case, but I'm not entirely sure. This appears to be a standard disclaimer that gets attached to many licenses. A Google search will turn up about a billion hits. This seems to be the relevent law here: http://www.arnet.gov/far/current/html/52_227.html My summary understanding of this is that the government actually has additional rights beyond the rights of private citizens with regard to copyright. There are certain restricted situations under which the government can duplicate copyrighted works irrespective of the license under which they're registered. Of course, any rights granted under the license still apply, so, I can't see how this could effect its status under the DFSG. Eric > > US Government Users Restricted Rights > > Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to > > restrictions set forth in FAR 52.227.19(c)(2) or subparagraph > > (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software > > clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 and/or in similar or successor > > clauses in the FAR or the DOD or NASA FAR Supplement. > > Unpublished-- rights reserved under the copyright laws of the > > United States. Contractor/manufacturer is Silicon Graphics, > > Inc., 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View, CA 94039-7311. > > > > > > Which seems to imply that US Government users have additional > > restrictions, which probably goes against point #6 of the DFSG, but i'm > > not sure what the restrictions are (and have no idea how to look them > > up). Should i put this non-free?
