On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 01:16:48AM +0100, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > > I am considering to package Qhull, available at > http://www.geom.umn.edu/software/qhull/, but I am wondering whether its > licence is DFSG-compliant. Here is its COPYING.txt file: Why do you think it might not be?
> via anonymous ftp from geom.umn.edu. It may be freely copied, modified, > and redistributed under the following conditions: This is the big thing - all the permissions necessary. > 1. All copyright notices must remain intact in all files. > > 2. A copy of this text file must be distributed along with any copies > of Qhull that you redistribute; this includes copies that you have > modified, or copies of programs or other software products that > include Qhull. > > 3. If you modify Qhull, you must include a notice giving the > name of the person performing the modification, the date of > modification, and the reason for such modification. > > 4. When distributing modified versions of Qhull, or other software > products that include Qhull, you must provide notice that the original > source code may be obtained as noted above. > > 5. There is no warranty or other guarantee of fitness for Qhull, it is > provided solely "as is". Bug reports or fixes may be sent to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; the authors may or may not act on them as > they desire. It's mostly fairly standard "keep our copyrights on the stuff, and don't mess with anything." I think it's DFSG-free. -- David Starner - [EMAIL PROTECTED] I see no trend at all, except toward women playing mean and ugly sociopaths who are good at killing and who enjoy dark powers. Maybe it's just my friends? -- Dr. Kromm, on who plays what type of character in RPGs