On Sat, 2009-08-29 at 20:53 +0200, Євгеній Мещеряков wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: "Євгеній Мещеряков" <eu...@debian.org> > > * Package name : libopennurbs, libopennurbs-dev, opennurbs (source), > maybe opennurbs-examples > Version : 4.0 > Upstream Author : Robert McNeel > * URL : http://opennurbs.org/ > * License : public domain? (see below) > Programming Lang: C, C++ > Description : library for reading and writing of 3DM file format > > The openNURBS Initiative provides CAD, CAM, CAE, and computer > graphics software developers the tools to accurately transfer > 3-D geometry between applications. > > File headers contain this copyright notice: > > // Copyright (c) 1993-2007 Robert McNeel & Associates. All rights reserved. > // Rhinoceros is a registered trademark of Robert McNeel & Assoicates. > // > // THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY. > // ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND OF > // MERCHANTABILITY ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. > // > // For complete openNURBS copyright information see > <http://www.opennurbs.org>. > > http://www.opennurbs.org and readme.txt included in the distribution contain: > Unlike other open development initiatives, alliances, or consortia: > > * Commercial use is encouraged. > * The tools, support, and membership are free. > * There are no restrictions. Neither copyright nor copyleft > restrictions apply. > * No contribution of effort or technology is required > from the members, although it is encouraged. > > Because of "there are no restrictions..." it looks like the library is in > the public domain (or at least DFSG-free). [...]
This is very badly worded. Although the upstream authors apparently intend to give permission to distribute, this is not explicitly given by the text you have quoted. The FTP team will want to see an explicit licence. Furthermore, this licence should probably be included in the distributed tarball, not in the web site, which can always be changed in future. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings If at first you don't succeed, you're doing about average.
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