license question

Hi, I have a question about a software license. The software in question is not packaged for Debian. Is the following license a free software license (by the defn of the DFSG)? It looks to me like a BSD style license, but I'm not an expert. If not, what is problematic about it? Please cc me

Re: MTL license

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Glenn Maynard wrote: [snip] I believe this license is non-free in multiple ways, and is another unfortunate example of "license NIH". There will be some people who don't agree with the non-freeness of some of the above, but I think the lack of permission to distribute bin

MTL license

Hi, Please comment on whether this license satisfies the DFSG. It looks to me like it does. http://www.osl.iu.edu/research/mtl/LICENSE.php3 Thanks. Please cc me, I'm not subscribed. Faheem.

Re: status of license for pyMPI

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 20:26:51 + (UTC), Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The pyMPI (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pympi/) license says the > following. I think this is non-free under the DFSG, but I would like a > confirmation. I think that the non-commer

Re: status of license for pyMPI

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: On Sep 3, 2004, at 16:26, Faheem Mitha wrote: Hi, The pyMPI (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pympi/) license says the following. I can't find anything in there that grants rights to distribute this software. Without that, it can'

status of license for pyMPI

Hi, The pyMPI (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pympi/) license says the following. I think this is non-free under the DFSG, but I would like a confirmation. I think that the non-commercial clause by itself violates point 6, "No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor", right? But the wording see