On Monday 03 February 2003 11:35, Antoine Mathys wrote: > Hello, > > What exactly must be done when trying to package an academic piece of > software, which typically has no copyright but mentions such as : > > - The program is provided "as is." There is no warranty. > - may be used without restriction > - available to everyone, with no restrictions (and of course no > warranty) > > etc... ? >
Each piece of software must be examined on its own. In general, software without a copyright giving you permission gives you *NO* permission. "may be used without restriction" does not give you the right to distribute or modify. Use clauses only govern actual use. I guess the bottom line is this software is probably not to be treated as free software unless/until the author says it is. Rather annoying I know.
