I would appreciate your comments and advice about the license for the Torque Resource Manager.
Some background information that i've found: Torque is a product derived from the OpenPBS source. OpenPBS is a well known software package that is commonly used on HPC clusters, originally developed for NASA, and now it is commercially supported and maintained by Altair Engineering (http://www.pbspro.com/ and http://www.openpbs.org/). The source code for OpenPBS is available, but the current license is not free (http://www.openpbs.org/license.html). This is almost the same license that the one used in Torque, with a only a small but important change; the license for Torque has this additional phrase: "After December 31, 2001, only conditions 3-6 must be met" I think that Torque was derived from a previous release of OpenPBS that contained such clause, and was removed on subsequent releases of OpenPBS. The rest of the license looks identical, including the title and version: "OpenPBS (Portable Batch System) v2.3 Software License Agreement". Torque can be downloaded from here: http://www.supercluster.org/downloads/ This is the license: | | OpenPBS (Portable Batch System) v2.3 Software License | | Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Veridian Information Solutions, Inc. | All rights reserved. | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | For a license to use or redistribute the OpenPBS software under conditions | other than those described below, or to purchase support for this software, | please contact Veridian Systems, PBS Products Department ("Licensor") at: | | www.OpenPBS.org +1 650 967-4675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 877 902-4PBS (US toll-free) | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | This license covers use of the OpenPBS v2.3 software (the "Software") at | your site or location, and, for certain users, redistribution of the | Software to other sites and locations. Use and redistribution of | OpenPBS v2.3 in source and binary forms, with or without modification, | are permitted provided that all of the following conditions are met. | After December 31, 2001, only conditions 3-6 must be met: | | 1. Commercial and/or non-commercial use of the Software is permitted | provided a current software registration is on file at www.OpenPBS.org. | If use of this software contributes to a publication, product, or | service, proper attribution must be given; see www.OpenPBS.org/credit.html | | 2. Redistribution in any form is only permitted for non-commercial, | non-profit purposes. There can be no charge for the Software or any | software incorporating the Software. Further, there can be no | expectation of revenue generated as a consequence of redistributing | the Software. | | 3. Any Redistribution of source code must retain the above copyright notice | and the acknowledgment contained in paragraph 6, this list of conditions | and the disclaimer contained in paragraph 7. | | 4. Any Redistribution in binary form must reproduce the above copyright | notice and the acknowledgment contained in paragraph 6, this list of | conditions and the disclaimer contained in paragraph 7 in the | documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | | 5. Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on how to | obtain complete source code for the OpenPBS software and any | modifications and/or additions to the OpenPBS software. The source code | must either be included in the distribution or be available for no more | than the cost of distribution plus a nominal fee, and all modifications | and additions to the Software must be freely redistributable by any party | (including Licensor) without restriction. | | 6. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of the Software must | display the following acknowledgment: | | "This product includes software developed by NASA Ames Research Center, | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Veridian Information Solutions, | Inc. Visit www.OpenPBS.org for OpenPBS software support, | products, and information." | | 7. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY | | THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. ANY EXPRESS | OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES | OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT | ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. | | IN NO EVENT SHALL VERIDIAN CORPORATION, ITS AFFILIATED COMPANIES, OR THE | U.S. GOVERNMENT OR ANY OF ITS AGENCIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT, | INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT | LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, | OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING | NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, | EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. | | This license will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, | without reference to its choice of law rules. AFAIK: - Has the BSD advertising clause -> GPL incompatible. - Source must be provided (like the GPL). - The expiration clause is dated in the past, so i think that sections 1 and 2 can't be enforced anymore. If we ignore those clauses, there is little information about redistribution remaining in the text, but i think that the permissive notice in the header is sufficient. - Looks like it is DFSG-free (please, confirm). Comments, aditional information are welcome, including concerns about the license. I want to be sure that the license is acceptable. -- Roberto Gordo Saez - Free Software Engineer Linalco "Especialistas en Linux y Software Libre" http://www.linalco.com/ Tel: +34-914561700
